Veronica Adderley

“1 in 5 people have dandruff. 1 in 4 people have mental health problems. I've had both.”
― Ruby Wax

“The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.”
― Glenn Close

“As it stands, the diagnostic criteria for depression are so loose that two people with absolutely no symptoms in common can both end up with the same unitary diagnosis of depression. For this reason especially, the concept of depression as a mental disorder has been charged with being little more than a socially constructed dustbin for all manner of human suffering.”
― Neel Burton, The Meaning of Madness

“This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.”
― Ruby Wax