Temple Grandin Quotes

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. It was becoming worse. And I was being treated for it with anti-depressants.

I would not be here now if I did not have anti-depressants.

We formed the fellowship of the ring when we should've all just gone on medication

In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health concerns and lifestyle factors that have an impact on wellness, including emotional wellness.

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

I've had a lot of cognitive behavioural therapy, and am having a family now.

If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist's office.

I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist well versed in using lithium and knowledgeable about my illness, and who was also an excellent psychotherapist.

You're not a nutcase if you want to go see a psychiatrist.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don't need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication.

What the Ellison Foundation and I are hoping to encourage is a more holistic approach to psychiatry, in which psychotherapy is put on as rigorous a level as psychopharmacology.

Were I to put myself on... one of those online dating things, I would not include in my profile that I'm regularly hospitalized for psychosis. But I do know that when I get really bad, there is a place for me to go where I will feel better.

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I've found that a combination of therapy and medication, along with lifestyle choices like eating better and exercising regularly, helps me cope well with my anxiety.

I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.

There's nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.

I think therapy should be part of everyone's preventative medicine.

Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental health change and children receive the support they deserve.

I see a psychiatrist once a week and I'm closer than ever to my children.

Everybody who cares about me wants me to do therapy, but I just can't do therapy.

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.

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

I've always been an advocate for mental health.