Mental Health Quotes and Messages

Don’t take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.

I would never slay the dragon, because the dragon was also me.

Emotions, moods, and impulses, ebb and flow with the tide of my life. Tidal waves, at times, in a bipolar mind.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

The problem with having problems is that ‘someone’ always has it worse.

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.

It’s about the determination to keep walking forward.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.

You have survived everything you have been through, and you will survive this too.

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

Mental health affects every aspect of your life. It’s not just this neat little issue you can put into a box.

you look at me and cry everything hurts i hold you and whisper but everything can heal

No amount of support or generosity justifies someone treating you badly. This includes parents.

Positive vibes only’ isn’t a thing. Humans have a wide range of emotions and that’s OK.

We want you to know that you don’t need to be in crisis or distress to seek help as going to therapy has numerous benefits.

You don’t need to find a lesson in your trauma.

Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health.

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.

The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

You are so brave and quiet, I forget you are suffering.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

Tough times never last, but tough people do!

If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.

The quickest way to end up feeling anger all the time is to repress it and fight against it.

This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.

Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.

I sometimes feel like my head is a computer with too many windows open.

It’s okay to not be okay – it means that your mind is trying to heal itself.

True suffering is being trapped in your own head.

There is a point where courage becomes a symptom of mental illness.

It can be a good thing, too, to learn to sit in your own weirdness.

Hope, hope, hope. It has to be there. Rob the person of hope, and there won’t be any recovery.

Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage do.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

I’m struggling just to get through the days. I think a lot of people are.

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.

To think too much is a disease.

Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether.

You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.