“Sometimes when I say “I’m okay”, I want someone to look me in the eyes, and say, “I know you’re not.” – Unknown, 209. When I feel it deeply, I don’t want to let it go. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.” —Unknown, 80. I hope these quotes have helped you to feel less alone right now! Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, Girl, Interrupted: Screenplay based on the book, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life, Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Everybody is going through something, everybody has had something that they've had to overcome." Your chemistry is not your character.” — Pastor Rick Warren, 23. “I’m hurt, and I’m heartbroken, and I’m sad, and I’m depressed, and I’ve been crying, but I don’t wanna let it ruin my life.” – Unknown, 167. “At heart, I have always been a coper, I’ve mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I’ve always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown. You have an individual story to tell. It’s okay to disassociate. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. These are encouraging words about overcoming obstacles, seeking help, and stopping shame.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'therandomvibez_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_7',107,'0','0'])); World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. ― Susan Pease Banitt, 34. Mental health is vital in all stages of life. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. “Your illness is not your identity. It can take from you the very core of your being and replace it with something that is completely opposite of who and what you truly are. “You don’t have to live a lie. You were never in control anyway.” — Steve Maraboli, 173. And in doing so, take away the pain of having to suffer alone.” – Jason Garner, 231. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.” ― Stephen Fry. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It comes from peace of mind, peace in the heart, peace in the soul. Mental illness is difficult to explain to other people. “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” ― George Bernard Shaw, 179. 155. “Depression doesn’t take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find.” — Lady Gaga, 236. Thank you so much for sharing that. One is not helpless.”, ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, 82. Staying yourself is part of the battle.” —, “Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. “It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.”— Isaac Asimov, 170. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage. Hopefully the above quotes will shed even just a glimmer of light to your day. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” ― T.H. “In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.” ― Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, 51. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Unknown, 201.