“To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it's mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen. I'm I glad I did. It ain't about the ass it's about the brain.”— Lena Dunham, instagram.com
“We feel any of the negative emotions or that dark cloud settle on you, and you feel like you need to cry out or speak to someone about it, and 'Nope I'm not gonna do that, because I'm a man.”— Wayne Brady, people.com
“People use 'panic attack' very casually out here in Los Angeles, but I don't think most of them really know what it is. Every breath is labored. You are dying. You are going to die. It's terrifying. and then when the attack is over the depression is still there.”— Sarah Silverman, glamour.com
“There's no shame in dealing with these things. There's no shame in having to fight every day.”— Jared Padalecki, variety.com
“Not talking about mental health issues means that the toxic stigma that is still out there will continue to keep people from asking for help, from getting the treatment they need and from helping people to understand that a mental illness is a chronic disease, like any other chronic disease. You are…”— Glenn Close, buzzfeed.com
“It doesn't have to take over your life, it doesn't have to define you as a person, it's just important that you ask for help. It's not a sign of weakness.”— Demi Lovato, buzzfeed.com
“I thought that I was completely alone. I wanted the world to swallow me up, and nothing seemed better to me than death.”— Cara Delevingne, buzzfeed.com
“My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don't know why I wouldn't seek help to have those things be as healthy as me teeth. I go to the dentist. So why wouldn't I go to a strink?”— Kerry Washington, glamour.com
“The first time I had a panic attack I was sitting in my friend's house, and I thought the house was burning dow. I called my mom and she brought me home and for the next three years it just would not stop.”— Emma Stone, wsj.com