Mauro Ranallo Quotes

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

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.

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

There are people with much bigger profiles than mine who are talking about mental illness. I am going to try to use whatever platform I have, whatever voice I have to help eliminate the stigma.

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

We honestly shouldn't be paying attention to nothing Kanye West says until he actually goes out there and gets the help we all think he needs. That's what keeps these stigmas about mental health and everything going - we act like it's a joke.

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

Depression is incredibly pervasive and thus important to talk about.

Playing someone who has a mental illness, the responsibility to not stuff it up is really strong. You have to get it right. Not just for the people who are sufferers, but for the people who care about them - their loved ones.

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

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

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

Mental health is an area where people are embarrassed. They don't want to talk about it because somehow they feel they're a failure as a parent or, you know, they're embarrassed for their child or they want to protect their child, lots of very good reasons, but mental health, I feel, is something that you have to talk about.

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.

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.

We need to do more to raise awareness of perinatal mental health illness and address the stigma that still surrounds it in our society.

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.

We must make sure the stigma is removed around mental health and commanders must make it clear on a consistent basis that their door is open for everyone. Servicemembers need to know that command is there for them, to offer assistance however and wherever needed.

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.

I am privileged to have people around me who understand mental illnesses and mental health. However, the stigma around it is huge.

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

We need to start identifying the triggers that aggravate mental health issues in our society - bullying, social media negativity and anxiety, gender based violence, substance abuse, stigma around issues such as maternal issues, etc., and we need to speak up about these more and get to the source of the problems.

Too many Americans who struggle with mental health illnesses are suffering in silence rather than seeking help, and we need to see to it that men and women who would never hesitate to go see a doctor if they had a broken arm or came down with the flu, that they have that same attitude when it comes to their mental health.

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.