80 Inspirational Mental Health Quotes, Sayings & Images

Looking for some inspiration to sail through the tough phase? We’ve got your back, we’ve rounded up some inspirational mental health quotes and sayings, proverbs (with images and pictures) to inspire you.

Some words of encouragement can be a great chance for all of you seeking professional help to gain your balance of mind and deal with mental illness. Hope this strikes the right cord and helps you lead a happy and positive life.

Mental health refers to our psychological, emotional, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It determines how we handle our mental stigmas, anxiety, and stress in life. Having positive mental health is imperative for every stage in life from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Mental Health Sayings

“Sometimes the worst place you can be at is in your own head.”— Unknown
“The acknowledgment of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.” ― Stefan Molyneux
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.” – Carl Jung

Famous Mental Health Quotes

“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.” – Joubert Botha
“Don’t let the mental images of what’s “supposed to be”, take away your right to “just be”. Always remember that.” ― C. JoyBell C.
“Like each morning he was putting his identity on inside out while dressing in the dark.” ― Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones

Quotes About Mental Health

“And every person can benefit from talking to somebody. I’m the most anti-medication person, but some people need medicine, and there was a time where I needed some too.” — Miley Cyrus
“I think that we’re all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better — and maybe not all that much better after all.” — Stephen King
“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.” – Russell Wilson
“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.” — Julian Seifter
“Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out into the open.” —Steve Aitchison
“It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn’t do that anymore. I sought and received treatment, I put positive people around me and I got back to doing what I love – writing songs and making music.” – Mariah Carey
Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list. – Michelle Obama
“Beautiful fake smile. All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are.” —Robin Williams
“We take care of our dental health. We don’t take care of our mental health … I think the solution to making this world better is if we would just be healthy mentally.” —Howie Mandel
I cannot stand the words “Get over it”. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don’t allow other to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime – and that’s OK.” – Beau Taplin

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Inspirational Mental Health Quotes

“The strongest people are those who win battles we know nothing about.”
“My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.” – Emery Lord
“I think it’s really important to de-stigmatize mental illness in any form. I think there’s a lot of people that are carrying around guilt and shame and baggage for sh** that doesn’t matter. Everybody is going through something, everybody has had something that they’ve had to overcome.” — Mary Lambert
“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless.” —Robin Williams
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Saint Francis of Assisi

Mental Health Awareness Quotes

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.

“Is stress inflicted on you — or created by you?”― Frank Sonnenberg
“It can be a good thing, too, to learn to sit in your own weirdness.”― Sarah Wilson
“I fight for my health every day in ways most people don’t understand. I’m not lazy. I’m a warrior.”
“It’s okay to not be okay – it means that your mind is trying to heal itself.”― Abhijit Naskar
“There is a point where courage becomes a symptom of mental illness.”― Wayne Gerard Trotman

Strength Mental Health Quotes

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” — Ovid
Through the vehicle of our emotions, our mind, body, and spirit are sending signals that something has to shift.”― Randy Taran
“Those who suffer from mental illness are stronger than you think. We must fight to go to work, care for our families, be there for our friends, and act ‘normal’ while battling unimaginable pain.”- Anonymous
“It’s okay to feel unstable. It’s okay to disassociate. It’s okay to hide from the world. It’s okay to need help. It’s okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.”― Unknown
“Instead of saying, “I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues” say “I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.” ― Horacio Jones
“Some of the most comforting words in the universe are ‘me too.’ That moment when you find out that your struggle is also someone else’s struggle, that you’re not alone, and that others have been down the same road.” – Unknown
“If you are physically sick, you can elicit the interest of a battery of physicians; but if you are mentally sick, you are lucky if the janitor comes around.” – Martin H. Fischer
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.” – Fred Rogers