Jennifer Holliday Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I think that mental illness is something that is so real.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The most evil and insidious thing about mental illness is that it isolates us and makes us feel so different that we think no one can possibly relate.

Being mentally ill is not a joke. It is a most painful thing.

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

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.

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.

It's estimated that 16 million people in the U.S. have struggled with depression - and I include myself in that statistic. It's real, and it's not shameful, and there is help available. You can bring it to the light, you can tell the truth, you can go to a meeting, you can reach out to a friend. None of us are alone.

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

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.