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“Mental health is a taboo subject. No one wants to talk about something that they can’t see, thus can’t understand. People have this misconception about suicide because society has portrayed to them this corrupt concept thus they believe it. If we change the conversation we can change the way people…”

— Amy Bleuel, medium.com

“have you ever known what it is to be safe in your own mind: to wonder if the walls will ever stop collapsing.”

— Ashley Mares, gumroad.com

“I’ve always felt reluctant to write about my mental health, not because I am so tenaciously focused on the plight of others, or because I don’t like writing about myself—I definitely do—but because we live in a time of severe and pervasive stress, and I, in particular, work in media, where we witnes…”

— Ellie Shechet, jezebel.com

“So one thing we should more talk about is mental health. I hope that the young people know is that it helps to talk about it and be honest about how you are feeling about things. And if you feel negative and depressed then dragging your demons into light make them feel smaller.”

— Mike Shinoda, interview.de

“As I sit on the folding metal chair I begin to fear getting up. As the finale approaches, I experience outright panic. What if my feet no longer move? What if my muscles lock?”

— Joan Didion, amazon.com

“Whenever we lose an artist as a result of their mental illness it is hard, particularly when the artists has helped me and so many others briefly unravel ourselves from the yarn of our own mental illnesses.”

— Hanif Abdurraqib, twitter.com

“Anxiety is what happens when you have an absolutely ridiculous thought… but then you start to believe it.”

— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com

“If trauma is left untreated, it can impact your physical health. In other words, if you’ve survived a traumatic incident, ignoring mental health treatment can negatively impact your body.”

— Danielle Corcione, teenvogue.com

“...but what am I supposed to do if this fear, and not my heart, is beating in my body?”

— Franz Kafka, amazon.com

“I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything else.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.com

“I think we’ll truly be there with mental health when we just see it exactly the same as physical health … But I think the first step has to be the conversation, and the conversation is happening so that’s good.”

— Matt Haig, theguardian.com

“What consumes your mind, controls your life.”

— Mel Robbins, twitter.com

“All farmers ever do is worry, whether the rain falls, the sun shines or the wind blows. In short, all they know is fear.”

— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Gisaku, the Old Man, Kokuten Kôdô, imdb.com

“People have, like, three—well, there are four fundamental fears. One is fear of their own inadequacy and malevolence. Now, that’s a big fear, man. That can really, that can really do you in if you confront it accidentally and fully. Happens to soldiers sometimes in battle when they find themselves d…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“A life lived in fear is not a life, it’s a prison.”

— David Hogg, twitter.com

“Whether it's a workout, cooking for yourself, stretching, or sleeping extra, don't underestimate the power of self care. Put yourself first or else you're going to burn out and not be able to take care of others.”

— Cassey Ho, instagram.com

“I promise that when you start to invest in both your mind and your body, you are also investing in your happiness, your empowerment, and your confidence, because you’re investing in a life that works for you, and that gives back to you.”

— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com

“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”

— Charles M. Schulz, happycow.org.uk

“I'm Irish. I think about death all the time. Back in the days when I thought of myself as a serious academic writer, I used to think that the only real theme was a fear of death, and that all the other themes were just that same fear, translated into fear of closeness, fear of loneliness, fear of di…”

— Jack Nicholson, rogerebert.com

“You’re always haunted by the idea you’re wasting your life.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

“Don’t let your fear of being alone, leave you loving the wrong person.”

— Joey, pin.it

“Worry is the stomach's worst poison.”

— Alfred Nobel, en.wikiquote.org

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

— Edward Abbey, amazon.com

“My mind turned by anxiety, or other cause, from its scrutiny of blank paper, is like a lost child–wandering the house, sitting on the bottom step to cry.”

— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com

“People die at their dinner tables, die in their beds. They die squatting over their chamberpots. Everybody dies, sooner or later. Don’t worry about your death. Worry about your life. Take charge of your life, for as long as it lasts.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“You ruin your own life allowing fear to hold you back.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

“It’s sometimes nice just to test things and talk to readers and hear back, and it makes you feel real, like you’ve got a real job with real people and you’re not in your little ivory tower … But when people get piled on, there’s nothing worse for your mental health.”

— Matt Haig, theguardian.com

“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.”

— Erica Jong, amazon.com

“Don't worry. I'll protect you. I'd do anything for you.”

— Matt Whitney, Chuck Bass, Ed Westwick, imdb.com

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

— Søren Kierkegaard, amazon.com