“Anybody that's borderline brilliant — they're gonna suffer with depression. Cause you don't see the world how other people see the world. You see it for what it is. You see it different.”— Kevin Gates, hotnewhiphop.com
“When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“How much mental illness is "acceptable", and how much is going to be "too much"?”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“If you are mentally ill and someone is making fun of mental illness, please remember it is their ignorance and not a reflection on you.”— Nikita Gill, twitter.com
“I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.”— John Lydon, latimesblogs.latimes.com
“My fear among people is that I will be judged for revealing what is going on inside me. I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I'm not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“Like, what if you found out I am really not okay? What if you knew that I am suffering a lot right now and really scared? Would you flee? I don't want to find out.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I’m not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay. But most people who meet me never know that I am struggling. On the outside I am smiling. I am juggling all the balls of okayness: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, existential. Undern…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.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
“One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn’t be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you’re sad.”— Martin Seligman, healthland.time.com
“For many people with OCD, the symptoms ebb and flow over the course of their lifetime.”— Rafi Letzter, businessinsider.com
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.”— Jeffrey Eugenides, amazon.com
“Anxiety can hit at any time. You feel like you're in an open field, and there's a tornado coming at you. And you're just consumed by it."”— Kim Basinger, azquotes.com
“Not everything is known about the human brain but, the causes for mental illness are thought to be genes and environment. Causes are not some fault, weakness, lack of willpower, or character flaw of the individual.”— Sandy Smith, nami.org
“My disorder isn’t a means to an end, a method of manipulation, or a way to demand the attention of those around me. My disorder is just that: an illness of the brain, a chemical imbalance totally out of my control. Just like someone with a chronic physical illness, I won’t be 'cured.'”— Robyn Murning, thoughtcatalog.com