No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.
We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that...
-
C. Joybell C.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
-
Mother Teresa
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.
-
Roy T. Bennett
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
-
Dalai Lama Xiv
More Quotes By Elyn R. Saks
Dropping in and out of your own life (for psychotic breaks, or treatment in a hospital) isn’t like getting off a train at one stop and later getting back on at another. Even if you can get back on (and the odds are not in...
Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to their friends and confidants-and certainly to their employers.
My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life.
In my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.
Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.
