Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity. — Erving Goffman
Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. — William J. Clinton
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. — Simone Weil
Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. — Graham Hancock
My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me. — Marlon Riggs
We have stigmatized sleep with the label of laziness. — Matthew Walker
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. — Paul Gauguin
Social taboos are shy like virtue; once lost, there is no remedy — Gunnar Myrdal
By telling my own story, I hope to help remove the stigma. It never should be something to hide. — Richard Dreyfuss
Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment. — Thomas Szasz
Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society. — Judith Light
All prejudices, whether of race, sect or sex, class pride and caste distinctions are the belittling inheritance and badge of snobs and prigs. — Anna Julia Cooper
Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma. — Chevy Chase
There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one. — Laurence J. Peter
I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. — Gail Porter
I think there's a certain stigma that comes with being a white rapper and having a show. — Mike Stud
One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes. — Gordon Moore
Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma. — Philip Guedalla
The stigma of oddness is the price a myopic world always exacts of genius. — Amy Lowell
AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma. — Bill Gates
When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. — Christine Lahti
Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas. — Mischa Barton
Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
Mental Health Stigma Quotes
Mental health may not be everything, but it's close. My only hope is that recent events provoke less stigma, more conversation, greater understanding, and better education, diagnosis & treatment for the many millions that suffer silently. — Rich Roll
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. — Matthew Quick
Attitudes to mental health are slowly changing, there's less stigma among healthcare workers and a greater commitment to provide mental health treatment when doctors and nurses can see people do get better. — Reggie Fils-Aime
Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs within the force, fear of stigma, etc. — Brian Lindstrom
Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short and only appeal to a certain group - but it's the biggest music in the world. — Chance the Rapper
We bought the UFC when not only was it a bankrupt company that was going under, it had a horrible stigma attached to it. This thing was so bad it was not allowed on pay-per-view. — Dana White
There was a time when the term liberal had been so thoroughly demonized by those on the right that I remember consciously choosing to call myself a progressive in order to evade the stigma. But there was no change in my perspective that accompanied it. — Bret Weinstein
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity. — Thomas John Watson, Sr.
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. — David Chalmers
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity. — Thomas J. Watson
You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else. — Alison Krauss
What is occurring on college campuses is about power and control - speech is impeded as a last resort, used when people fail to self-censor in response to a threat of crippling stigma and the destruction of their capacity to earn. — Bret Weinstein
There isa stigma associated with incontinence, so many people never mention it to their doctors or seek treatment. In reality, fecal incontinence is a very common and often very treatable condition. — Brad Davis
I want to explore for myself and keep an open mind. There is a stigma of being a flat earther and if I'm going to do it I want to know the facts. — Logan Paul
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma. — John Steinbeck
Stigma hurts. Because of AIDS, children are bullied, isolated and shut out of school. They are missing out on education. They are missing out on medicines. Children are missing your love, care and protection. Join me. And become a stigma buster. UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS — Jackie Chan
There is a lot of stigma and snobbiness about the self-help genre, and I can't vouch for everything out there, but for me, the idea of giving someone else the gift of inspiration and making them feel passionate and capable in an area of their life is the most incredible thing in the world. — Matthew Hussey
I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it. — Catherine Zeta-Jones
I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible. — Giuliana Rancic
This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are weak, dissolute, and pathetic--has contributed to the escalation of use and has hampered treatment more than any single other factor. — David Sheff
So often we give God a partial obedience. We do not dare to disobey, but we do not care to obey fully. So we compromise. We do some of what we should, thus removing the stigma of disobedience. But we refrain from the most difficult or objectionable or uncomfortable part, and thus try to get the best of both worlds. — Ebenezer Erskine
I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus. — Gabriel Byrne
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott. — Sam Elliott
Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful. — Jesse Ventura
Don’t let people’s stereotypes or stigmas or words—don’t let that put you in a box. Don’t let that ruin your day. — Lil B
I think young people are recognizing the power of institutions, and we have to really dismantle a lot of the stigma and shame, culturally, but we also have to change things in terms of how government and institutions deal with this. — Cecile Richards
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under. — Jesse Owens
It's just so bizarre how in this world if you have asthma, you take asthma medication. If you have diabetes, you take diabetes medication. But as soon as you have to take medicine for your mind, it's such a stigma behind it. — Jennifer Lawrence
Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas. — Jose Saramago
We did something that bands are kind of afraid of, or at least used to be, [which] is the YouTube scene. They don't want the YouTube stigma. — Chrissy Costanza
There’s always a stigma attached to the word ‘ambition’ and women. I’ve embraced it. Ambition is NOT a four-letter word and women have to embrace that. — Tory Burch
Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again. — David Dinkins
I want to change the cycle of stigma and prejudice that destroys lives all over the world every day. Until we can get in front of people and awaken them to the idea that this is not acceptable. — Timothy Shriver
I love ebola jokes. When done in the right way, maybe it gets people to learn about ebola, to learn about the stigmas behind the identities held by Africans and so on. — Trevor Noah
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit. — Bebe Moore Campbell
There is no doubt that the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will wipe off this stigma [Israel] from the face of the Islamic world. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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