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I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn't really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don't quite understand.

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.

It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would encourage people to do that, because they'll be surprised once they do 'come out' how many other people have had similar experiences.

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

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.

Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.

I had known a couple of people in college who went off the rails, who had significant bouts with mental illness.

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