Sandra Bullock Quotes

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.

Mental health is something that's really important to me.

The mental health conversation is very important to me. I have friends that struggle with various mental illnesses. I've struggled with depression and anxiety. I'm very interested in how we deal with that.

When I began my tenure as surgeon general, I did not intend to focus on emotional well-being.

The response from the beginning has been really, really wonderful and positive. People have always really responded to me talking about mental health.

I've always been an advocate for mental health.

You know mental illness is one of the biggest problems in our world.

I know how important good mental health care can be because I personally benefited from it.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.

Mental health is such a complex thing and so difficult to diagnose. What is a mental problem? Who does have mental problems? What's the difference between mental problems and depression and sadness?

There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

Treating mental health illness is compassionate and saves money.

It's okay to talk about mental health issues. It's okay to admit that you have anxiety. It doesn't take away from your power. It's totally normal.

Change the way we all talk to each other about our mental health.

We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.

In the late 90s I was hired to participate in a 2 year initiative discussing intimacy and depression which was funded by an educational grant by Glaxo Wellcome.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

I will alway support anybody being vocal about their mental illness, how they're dealing with it, and how it affects them. And I'll always support people waking up and paying attention to that.

I love therapy. I talk about it a lot because I feel like, especially among black people, it's stigmatized.

We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.

I'm not afraid to admit I have therapy. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and it really does help.

Mental illness affects everyone.