Quotes About Mental health

Time to Talk is all about tackling taboos and getting the nation talking about mental health.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

I hope I've contributed something to the mental health field. But I hope people will think - I've had so many wonderful opportunities, I tried to take advantage of them.

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me. You know, maybe it would be nice to not have to do that in order to feel good, but I do. I feel like I have to, to feel good. To clear my head and all of that, so.

I work so hard that I forget to take care of myself.

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.

I always say just stay positive. If you ever get down on yourself, try to find something that takes away that negative. Always find that positive area.

Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.

Just taking care of yourself is a job of its own.

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

Taking care of your mental health is important, and being able to model that for queer people who are out there every day dealing with their own struggles is very significant.

Reflecting back on my career, I was not a talented athlete at all. I had no competitiveness naturally, and was full of anxiety and panic all the time - something that's certainly not needed for shooting.

In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening.

Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'

I think mental illness is a slippery slope to talk about these days because people are overly diagnosed, overly prescribed, overly everything.

It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would encourage people to do that, because they'll be surprised once they do 'come out' how many other people have had similar experiences.

I am on medication - I've talked about that before - just to help my anxiety, so I'm not depressed all the time.

I've never really talked about this, but I would go days without eating. Or maybe I'd have some fruit and then go to the gym for three hours. I knew I had a problem... It was a gradual process but I changed myself.

I wanted to write a story about my struggles with depression and mental health. It's an issue that needs to be talked about more.

Depression and anxiety affect a huge number of us. It's so important that the barriers that keep us from talking, seeking out help, and finding a way to cope when things feel desperate are removed.

With the advent of cell phones, especially with the very small microphone that attach to the cell phone itself, it's getting harder and harder I find, to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone.

Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop.