Natalie Imbruglia Quotes

There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies.

When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.

The most evil and insidious thing about mental illness is that it isolates us and makes us feel so different that we think no one can possibly relate.

If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.

There isn't a right or wrong way to be depressed, anxious, or struggle with PTSD. Mental health challenges manifest differently for different people, and it's important that people see that on-screen.

Depression is a leading cause of ill health and disability, and many do not have access to mental health services and face significant social stigma around their disease.

Despite being commonplace, too many people with mental health problems still face stigma, prejudice and discrimination.

I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.

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

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

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another.

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.

I want to remove the taboo from mental illness.

We recognize incidents of metal illness, and at the same time we stigmatize people who suffer from it or seek help to deal with it.

I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.

It's been taboo for so long to admit you had a mental health problem.

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

It's very important to me that people know that depression doesn't discriminate. A lot of people look at people who have depression and think that it's not legitimate because they're wealthy or it looks like everything seems to be doing fine. But it doesn't pick and choose. It can affect anybody in the brain, no matter how perfect your life seems.

It's so important that we all speak up on mental health.

I grew up in a small town, and mental illness wasn't something anyone talked about.

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

People get really irritated by mental illness.