Ginger Zee Quotes

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.

I believe that every human being has mental challenges.

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

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.

It's estimated that 16 million people in the U.S. have struggled with depression - and I include myself in that statistic. It's real, and it's not shameful, and there is help available. You can bring it to the light, you can tell the truth, you can go to a meeting, you can reach out to a friend. None of us are alone.

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'

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.

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

I've always been an advocate for mental health.

I'm lucky to have depression less severely than a lot of people. I know some find it useful to talk about it and people are definitely doing that more. It's becoming less stigmatised.

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

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

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

I was having problems with depression and anxiety disorder, and it felt like not blogging about it was creating a false history. When I did finally share the problems I was having, I was shocked - not only by the support that was given to me, but also by the incredible amount of people who admitted they struggled with the same thing.

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

Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression and yet was a great president. Don’t you think that should help with the stigma of mental illness? We should tell everyone about that.

I have mental illness in my family. I have a lot of compassion for those people.

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

I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.

We know how to treat depression, we know how to treat mental illness, and we have not had the political will in our country to make it happen.

It is possible and very common to overcome and manage a mental illness.

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.

Mental health is an issue ailing everyone - it is so omnipresent in society, we must work towards making it better.

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