Positive Mental (health) Attitude

Dear readers, here's a few positive mental health quotes! 

     1. "One of the most scariest thing in life, is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you is yourself."

    2. "The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up."

    3. "When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending."

    4. "Not all wounds are so visible. Walk gently in the lives of others."

    5. "I am the same person I was before you found out I have a mental disorder."

    6. “Just because you don’t look like the other ‘crayons’ in the box, does not mean you still can’t make the most beautiful pictures! Don’t ever give up on you!”

    7. "I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me."

    8. "What's broken can be mended. What hurts can be healed. And no matter how dark it gets, the sun is going to rise again."

    9. "Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When "I" is replaced by "We", illness becomes wellness."

    10. "Deep in your wounds are seeds, waiting to grow beautiful flowers."

    11. "You don't know why you're exhausted? You're fighting a war inside your head every single day. If that's not exhausting, I don't know what is."

    12. "Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives."

    13. "One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you we're put to the test and you didn't fall apart."

    14. "It's always the broken souls who are always trying to help others."

    15. "Don't fake being okay. You only hurt yourself. Be real with what you're going through, just don't let it consume you."

    16. "Madness is somewhere in between chaos and having a dream."

    17. "I didn't know I was broken 'til i wanted to change."

    18. "Do not confuse my bad days as a sign of weakness. Those are actually the days I am fighting my hardest."

    19. "Mental illness is not a choice, but recovery is."

    20. "The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."

    21. "Mental health... is not a destination but a process. It's about how you drive, not where you're going."

    22. "Mental illness is like fighting a war where the enemy's strategy is to convince you that the war isn't actually happening."

    23. "I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place."

    24. "Don't make a permanent decision for your temporary emotion."

    25. Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish."

    26. "Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions."

    27. "Surviving a psychiatric crisis is one thing. Overcoming one is something completely different."

    28. "Don't let your struggle become your identity."

    29. "Everyone pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."

    30. "The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all."

    31. "One of the simplest ways to stay happy is... letting go of things that make you sad"

    32. “My worst days in recovery are better than the best days in relapse."

    33. "We all talk to ourselves. Those we call mad just talk a little longer."

    34. "You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that."

    35. "If mental illness could be seen on a sufferer maybe society wouldn't say "just get over it."

    36. "Sometimes I don't know what is worse, living in a state of panic or living with other people's attitudes about it."

    37. "I don't think people understand how stressful it is to explain what's going on in your head when you don't even understand it yourself."

    38. "When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words."

    39. “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."

    40. "Labels are for jars not people."

    41. "I fight for my health every day in ways most people don't understand. I'm not lazy. I'm a warrior."

    42. "A big part of getting better is through acceptance and acceptance alone."