Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.

It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.

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.

People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty.

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your mental illness.

I'm either mentally ill or Jewish. I can't sometimes tell the difference.

I don't like the term 'mental illness.' I'd rather just say 'mad.' Just like I always say 'loony bin,' not 'mental hospital.'

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

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

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

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.

Mental health, although being talked about more and more nowadays, is still extremely misunderstood and stigmatized, especially in Pakistan, where people think ignoring or hiding the issue will make it go away.

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

There's such a stigma around mental illness, and this idea that you're going to come off as disturbed or weak somehow by being open about these things. I've never felt embarrassed or shy talking about it; it's such an integral part of my life.

I've been told to 'man up' after talking about depression on Twitter. Man up means 'be strong because that's what a man is.' And they don't just mean physical strength, they mean emotional strength. What, because men get into fights or go to wars to fight? It should be 'woman up.'

The history of the office of First Lady had not been kind to those with mental health issues.