Below are a few quotes about the experience of having mental illness
Elyn R. Saks
Hilary Mantel
Elyn R. Saks
No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.
Elyn R. Saks
Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artifact of your mental illness.
Hilary Mantel
Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.
Elyn R. Saks