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Mental Health Quotes

Mental Health Quotes

Last updated: September 23, 2024

21 Mental Health Quotes organized by Most Popular

“But emotional experience is as real and as valid as physical experience.”
— John Green, Paper Towns FAQ
Tagged: emotional experience vs. physical experience, emotional vs. physical, emotional experience, emotions, Mental Health, Mental Awareness
“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.”
— Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
Tagged: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Sad, Finding Yourself, Relationships
“Every difficult experience is an opportunity to redefine yourself. I’m not saying you have to become an acclaimed writer or a world famous artist, or an actress or a motivational speaker or anything. You simply have to commit to building a better you – a stronger you, a more empathetic you, a more loving you, a more grateful you, a more resilient you. The list is endless because you get to write it.”
— Gee Grewal, An Open Letter To Anybody Suffering From Mental Health Issues
Tagged: Mental Health, Redefine, Identity, better yourself
“Confiding in someone does not mean you are burdening them with your problems. The moment you begin to admit it to yourself or someone else, is the moment you set yourself free.”
— Adrienne Blane, 7 Things We All Need To Realize About Mental Illness
Tagged: Mental Health, sharing, Communication, Caring For Others, Sharing Your Feelings
“If you don't allow a feeling to begin, you also don't let it end.”
— Geneen Roth, Women Food And God: An Unexpected Path To Almost Everything
Tagged: Mental Health, Feelings, emotions, Anxiety, Emotion vs. reason
“Drinking may make the pain go away, but it doesn’t last.”
— Adrienne Blane, 7 Things We All Need To Realize About Mental Illness
Tagged: Mental Health, Drinking, Alcohol
“Waiting for someone to notice your problem will never have a positive outcome. If you are excellent at creating a façade, most people will never be aware of your struggle. Waiting on others to help means you are relying on someone to do what you cannot or are not ready to do.”
— Adrienne Blane, 7 Things We All Need To Realize About Mental Illness
Tagged: Mental Health, Waiting, Silence
“It's up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.”
— Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Tagged: Mental Health, healthy, Mind, Body
“Sabine says, Honesty is the only
antidote for shame.
She is trying to save me.
But I am tired.”
— Cynthia Cruz, Three Poems by Cynthia Cruz- BOMB Magazine
Tagged: Poetry, Exhausted, Mental Health, Depression, I Hate Myself
“I’ve been in some very dark places. Different times and different things, over the course of my life. Thought about ending things. Attempted to end things. Thankfully, I openly talked about it. I’m okay with talking about extremely uncomfortable things.
Not everyone is.”
— Jean Grae
Tagged: Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness, talking about mental health, Depression
“Not everyone is okay with talking about uncomfortable things, or LISTENING to uncomfortable things.
We’ve been made to feel certain ways about them. Like it’s not normal.
But it is.
Please just be open to listening. Please try your best to get things out of your head.”
— Jean Grae
Tagged: Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness, talking about mental health, Depression
“find the pocket of your heartbeat
where you keep forgiveness.
we will try again tomorrow”
— Ashe Vernon, Post-Panic Attack
Tagged: Poetry, Panic, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Mental Health
“We’re supposed to be happy all the time, which, turns out, is a hard thing to do when you’re constantly being told you can do and be better, and more positive, and more productive. It’s almost like self-help isn’t always... that helpful.”
— Clay Skipper, Why Self-Help Might Actually Be Making You Less Happy
Tagged: Self-Help, Mental Health
“For those facing climbing levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental-health issues, the ability to take time away from work to recover — even while forgoing pay — can seem appealing. But what exactly does such a leave entail? And is it a good idea?”
— Ludmila Leiva, I Took A ‘Stress Leave’ From My Job — Here's What Happened
Tagged: Stress, Burnout, Health, Mental Health
“Sometimes it helps to just get the things out in a safe, loving environment.

But you can't solve everything. So do your best to not make anyone feel terrible about just feeling their feelings.”
— Jean Grae
Tagged: Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness, Depression, talking about mental health, Opening Up
“If you are finding yourself stuck in a way of thinking that triggers certain emotional responses ask yourself one simple question: 'What is my prayer?'”
— Iyanla Vanzant
Tagged: Spirituality, prayer, spiritual communication, spiritual connection, Emotionality, emotions, Mental Health
“You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave.”
— Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Tagged: Behavior, Feelings, Emotion, Psychology, Mental Health, Self-Control
“I believe it’s time to stop pushing through the pain and start treating mental health like we would a torn hamstring.”
— Becca Martin, It’s Time To Break The Stigma Of Mental Health In Student Athletes
Tagged: Mental Health, Pain, physical pain, mental pain
“Have a good cry. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Carry tissues and extra makeup with you so you don’t look like a raccoon after.”
— Morgan Chavez, 19 Little Things To Remember When Battling A Depressive Episode
Tagged: Mental Health, Crying, tissues
“Admit it, name it, and take action in the face of it.”
— SK Quinn, Indie Author Survival Guide
Tagged: The way forward, Mental Health, My aesthetic, Quote of the Moment
“There's a big difference between being fine and being well.”
— Sarah A Denzil, Silent Child
Tagged: Fine, Well, Mental Health