Antonin Artaud Quotes

To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything.

We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.

Mental health is something that's really important to me.

A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving husband, a successful career, fame and fortune. I wanted to make this point that profound despair can strike anybody.

We need to change the culture of this topic and make it OK to speak about mental health and suicide.

I believe that every human being has mental challenges.

People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

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

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 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.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

I'm in therapy, and I think everyone should be.

In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.

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

I've discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.

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

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

I think people are interesting enough. People with mental illness, or just real people going through real circumstances in life.

As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.

I'm a people pleaser, and I want to help everyone who DM's me, so I make sure to promote organizations that fans can reach out to if they're struggling.

Don't be afraid to not be OK. For a lot of people, when they get upset about something, they keep it bottled up, and that's the worst thing you can do.

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 spent a lot of time reading 'Cosmopolitan' and quietly crying.

I've always been an advocate for mental health.