Luciana Berger Quotes

Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop.

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

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

Depression is incredibly pervasive and thus important to talk about.

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.

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.

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 believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I attribute the black tones in my films to Stephen King, Tim Burton, Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. However, most of my writing is influenced by mental health. I'm incredibly passionate about shedding light on the stigmas associated with mental illnesses.

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another.

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

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.

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

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

I gave myself the nickname 'Bipolar Rock N' Roller' way back in the 1990s, when - as much as we don't talk about mental health now - back then it was almost nonexistent. And if it was broached, it was done in a very pejorative way.

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.