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They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.

— Naomi Judd

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your mental illness.

— Hilary Mantel

People get really irritated by mental illness.

— Maria Bamford

Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural phenomenon.

— Siri Hustvedt

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

— Frank Bruno

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

— Penn Jillette

For mental illnesses, we need better access to treatment and diagnosis.

— Tipper Gore

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

— Adam Ant

A lot of people are living with mental illness around them. Either you love one or you are one.

— Mark Ruffalo

Playing someone who has a mental illness, the responsibility to not stuff it up is really strong. You have to get it right. Not just for the people who are sufferers, but for the people who care about them - their loved ones.

— Debra Lawrance

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Chris Wood