20 Reassuring Quotes About Mental Health (2024)

“I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth?”

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.”

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”

“You look at me and cry; everything hurts. I hold you and whisper: but everything can heal.”

“Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.”

“There isn’t anybody out there who doesn’t have a mental health issue, whether it’s depression, anxiety, or how to cope with relationships. Having OCD is not an embarrassment anymore–for me. Just know that there is help and your life could be better if you go out and seek the help.”

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

“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.”

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

“The experience I have had is that once you start talking about [experiencing a mental health struggle], you realize that actually you’re part of quite a big club.”

“What if you moved through the world as if you were easy to be loved? Because I promise you, you are easy to love.”

“What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside.”

“Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language.”

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”

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

“If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it.”

“A child’s mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.”

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

“It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”