Emily Atack Quotes

I love therapy. I talk about it a lot because I feel like, especially among black people, it's stigmatized.

There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

People tend to look at mental health differently than physical health. If someone tears their ACL, we don't expect them to run 30 yards for a touchdown. They need to be treated and have the time to rest and heal, It's the same thing for mental health.

If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist's office.

You're not a nutcase if you want to go see a psychiatrist.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.

I think black men especially should go to therapy and seek out mental help, because we need it. Even if you don't think you need it, we need it.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

I believe that every human being has mental challenges.

That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

You know, ever since man had any notion that some of his other people, his colleagues, could be different, could be strange, could be severely depressed or what we now recognize as schizophrenia, he was certain that this kind of illness had to come from evil spirits getting into the body.

We recognize incidents of metal illness, and at the same time we stigmatize people who suffer from it or seek help to deal with it.

Treating mental health illness is compassionate and saves money.

Change the way we all talk to each other about our mental health.

It's been taboo for so long to admit you had a mental health problem.

I was in a mental hospital. That's all I wanna say. I don't wanna say anything more.

The response from the beginning has been really, really wonderful and positive. People have always really responded to me talking about mental health.

In India, there is a huge stigma attached to one having a mental illness; this not only makes it worse for the sufferer but also for their caregivers.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

Mental health is something that's really important to me.

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.