Don’t believe everything you think.~ Unknown
Consequently, actions that successfully improve the overall mental health of the population are likely to be accompanied by other important benefits to society. ~Elliott Goldner, Emily Jenkins, & Dan Bilsker
Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever. ~Susanna Kaysen
Death will come for all of us but let us fight to live. ~Jamie Tworkowski
Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language. ~Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don’t stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you’ll never know true happiness until someone or something pulls you back out of that river — and you’ll never believe it until you realize it was you, yourself who saved you. ~Alysha Speer
Don’t give up. Don’t give up on your story. Don’t give up on the people you love. Hope is real. Love is real. It’s all worth fighting for. ~Jamie Tworkowski
Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries. ~Astrid Alauda
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. ~ Stephen Chbosky
Everyone experiences a version of anxiety or worry in their lives, and maybe we go through it in a different or more intense way for longer periods of time, but there’s nothing wrong with you. ~Emma Stone
Feeling your feelings will not lead to depression. ~Jordan Pickell, MCP RCC
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. ~Grenville Kleiser
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ~ Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew. ~Saint Francis de SalesHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus
I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up. ~ Unknown
I am bipolar, and I am proud. And that is why I wanted to write a book. To shine a light on mental illness, to be vulnerable about the days I let it take control and paid dearly for it, and to tell anyone fighting a similar battle: You are not alone. You are not broken. ~ AJ Lee
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ~ Amy March, from Little Women
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ~ Jimmy Dean
I cannot stand the words ‘Get over it’. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don’t allow others to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime – and that’s OK. ~Beau Taplin
I could walk through fire if it meant making my dreams come true. That is the gift being bipolar gave me. It blessed me with a lofty imagination, an iron will, and an unbreakable belief in the impossible.~ AJ Mendez
I don’t regret opening up about what I went through [with depression], because, it sounds really cliché, but I have had women come up to me and say, ‘It meant so much to me.’ It means so much when you realize that someone was having a really hard time and feeling shame and was trying to hide this whole thing. ~ Winona Ryder
I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it. ~ Dwayne Johnson
I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life. ~Jonathan Harnisch
I knew well enough that one could fracture one’s legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too. ~ Vincent van Gogh
I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… 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 my teeth. ~ Kerry Washington
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet. ~ Rodney Dangerfield
I understand your pain. Trust me, I do. I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will never be a burden. ~ Sophie Turner
