Alisha Boe Quotes

You don't want to diminish anybody's pain and suffering.

No one should ever suffer in silence. Bullies thrive in silence.

The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that's what they really need. They're misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.

I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.

A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.

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

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.

If you want to help somebody, make sure you're coming from a place of clarity and complete non-judgment; that way, you can begin to understand their journey, too.

I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.

I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

When you're being bullied, it can feel like no one cares, and I'm so excited to tell the teens at the schools I visit that I wouldn't be there if their school didn't care.

Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree I am there.

You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.

You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do - no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the end of the world for someone else.

Those who are not very good at understanding mental health issues are not going to know what other people are going through in depression. You have to kind of put yourself in somebody else's shoes.

We need to be a bit kinder and more aware of what is really important.

We need to treat people with mental illness like people.

Being sensitive means caring for your own feelings as well as those of others.

I can't just expect people to know what to say. I have to make them see me as more than my illness.

I don't think I ever sit there and think to kick a wound harder.

Channel 4 know I'm messed up. But they've got a soft spot for me.