- We’re all patients who can’t clearly describe our symptoms. Alain de Botton
- Just because emotions are there doesn’t mean you have to act on them. Just because a voice is talking in your head doesn’t mean it is talking to you. Just because there is pain doesn’t mean you have to suffer. @zen_fi
- “I am strange;I show different things;So pleaseDon’t think I don’t love youBecause the truthIs the opposite” ― Jazalyn, Fleeing Feelings
- “As a society, I urge us to move past questions of what we could have done and focus on what can we could do now.” ― B. Beth, Self-Preservation
- “There are a lot of myths around Mental Health sufferers. People are very biased towards them. This should change. People should try to understand and not outcry them. The stigma should be erased.” ― Maria Karvouni
- Nothing like a health problem to turn up the contrast dial for the rest of life. Naval Ravikant
- “La meditación es una práctica secular, no una práctica religiosa.” ― Abhijit Naskar
- Loving thoughts and actions are clearly beneficial for our physical and mental health. 14th Dalai Lama
- “Adopting a vegan diet brings your choices and actions in line with those same beliefs that underlie a commitment to resisting regressive politics: generosity, compassion, and a commitment to justice and fairness. By acting in a way that reflects your values and what you believe, you relieve the cognitive dissonance that can make stress and depression worse.” ― Carol J. Adams, Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time
- You’re not much more demented than the rest – you just know a lot more about what’s passing through your mind. Alain de Botton
- There is an expiration date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. J.K. Rowling
- “Meditation is the vitamin for your mind.” ― Abhijit Naskar, I Am The Thread: My Mission
- “What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside. Something inside me is wrong. Sure, there are things in my life that make me feel alone, but nothing makes me feel more isolated and terrified than my own voice inside my head.” ― Jasmine Warga
- “Form follows thought. Your intentions have wingsWhich carry your lifeTo the very same thingsThat fill up your head.You think you’ve no choiceLike you’ve been taken captive,You obey the voiceWhich over and over says things to youIt relentlessly chattersSometimes it will spew!It’s goal to disarm you of thoughtsPure and true.It makes you a victimYou get stuck in it’s glue!And it’s all in your mind.” ― Kate McGahan
- “The best medicine is your mindset” ― SeKeithia Johnson
- “Moral well-being is necessary for mental wellness.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- Nothing can survive without food. Everything we consume acts either to heal us or to poison us. Thich Nhat Hanh
- “With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism, and accusations slowly eat away at the victim’s self-esteem until he or she is incapable of judging a situation realistically. He or she may begin to believe that there is something wrong with them or even fear they are losing their mind. They have become so beaten down emotionally that they blame themselves for the abuse.” ― Beverly Engel, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
- “Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn’t to be judged. Repeat the above each day.” ― Brittany Burgunder
- “So much stress! I am a victim of city lifestyle. Life is so good in villages.” Playing victim like this is a mechanism of mind to get some relief.”My sister-in-law doesn’t respect me.” This thought can cause so much stress to a village woman that she may go into depression and ultimately be ‘possessed by ghosts.’ Stress is equal in villages, if not more.” ― Shunya
- The ultimate list of biohacks and smart drugs: Drink more water, get 8 hours of sleep, walk outside in the sun, leave your phone on silent, read a few pages each day, eat more vegetables and greens, don’t hang out with toxic people, work on projects you care about. James Clear
- “And something strange happened. Energy coursed through his body making it seem lighter. Air flowed into his lungs in a cool, sweet stream.” ― H.W. Fan, Mind Body Control
- Sobriety is a myth, you always find a new addiction. Thibaut
- “Mental freedom is the product of mastery in several areas of our lives. We must master ourselves, our relationships, and our money. Mastering one without the others (or some without one) will leave us subject to an undue external influence in the area(s) that remain which will keep us bound. Freedom isn’t free, it takes a lot of hard work.” ― Sherman Rivers
- “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
- Mental illness can happen to anyone. If you or someone you know is struggling please seek professional help. Lifestyle behaviors like sleep and exercise can help. But sometimes you also need therapy or medication. You can get better and thrive. Brad Stulberg
- “What’s on your mind?”I don’t know. Nothing but everything at once.” ― Lidia Longorio, Hey Humanity
- Much suffering, much unhappiness arises when you take each thought that comes into your head for the truth. Eckhart Tolle
- Most of us do not understand ourselves, our various tensions and conflicts, our hopes and fears, which often produce mental and physical disorders. Jiddu Krishnamurti
- “I have an urge to strip my life down to the bare bones to get to the core of it. I get intense and angry, accumulating layers around my essential needs, covering up my passions. These layers cover up my marks and scars, wounds and weary heart and I want it to show because sometimes I feel my only purpose here is to say: “keep going, you’re doing just fine”. And I’d like to be an example of no matter how dark and thick and hopeless it feels, for years maybe, things can and will change. If you want them to. If you’re determined to make them do so.” ― Charlotte Eriksson, Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself: growing up is a wonderful thing to do