Anything You Can Put On A T-Shirt

Anything you can put on a T-Shirt

This post is not meant to diagnose, treat, or save you from mental illness, if you or someone you love is in danger, please get help. You can text HOME to 741741 to be connected with a crisis counselor. I personally have. You can also call or text 988 for suicide and crisis help.

http://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts

Here is a list I have compiled of all of the quotes about mental health. Yes, they don’t always work; at times they are even annoying. However, sometimes a quote is everything and can help to change your negative perspective or day into a positive one.

1. It’s okay to not be okay
2. You’ve already overcome all of your other bad days
3. You can do it
4. Don’t lose hope
5. Hope is what keeps us going
6. You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to try
7. You can find hope
8. You are worthy
9. It’s okay to ask for help
10. You can grow from challenges
11. You can keep moving
12. You can be vulnerable
13. Take time to heal
14. You don’t have to be strong all the time
15. You can overcome
16. Your struggles don’t define you
17. You are worthy of happiness and peace of mind
18. There is no shame in seeking help
19. It’s okay to prioritize mental health
20. You are not alone in your struggles
21. It’s okay to get support
22. Mental health is a journey
23. Healing is not linear
24. You are stronger than you think
25. Self care is not selfish
26. Mental illness is not a personal failure, it is a medical condition
27. You matter more than external validation
28. You are not weak for struggling
29. You are not a burden
30. You have the power
31. This does not make you any less of a person
32. It’s okay to take time for yourself
33. You are deserving of love
34. Recovery is possible
35. It’s okay to have bad days
36. You have the power to change your relationship with your mental health
37. Your journey may be a lifelong process, but it’s worth it
38. This can be a discovery of self-love and growth
39. You can break free from negative patterns
40. It’s okay to need rest
41. You can write your own story
42. Don’t give up
43. Keep fighting
44. There is no normal life that is free of pain
45. You are seen
46. You don’t have to let your thought control you
47. The best way out is through
48. If there is no struggle, there is not progress
49. Nothing can dim your shine
50. You do not have to stay broken
51. When you feel good, you can treat others better
52. When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others
53. You walk in the rain and you feel rain, but you are not the rain
54. You have an individual story to tell
55. Staying yourself is part of the battle
56. Keep moving forward
57. There is a crack in everything, that’s how light gets in
58. Sometimes, to live is an act of courage
59. Hope is real
60. Love is real
61. It’s all worth fighting for
62. The bravest thing you can do is continue life when you want to die
63. Life is waiting for you
64. Hang in there
65. The more I learn about my mental health, the more I can head it off
66. The opposite of depression is not happiness, it is vitality
67. Don’t compare your beginning to someone’s middle
68. Misery loves company, but so does joy
69. Do not stop questioning
70. Don’t be afraid to fail
71. Take action
72. If you see something beautiful about yourself, give it attention
73. It’s never too late
74. YOU CAN DO IT
75. Change the things you cannot accept
76. Things can be bad and getting better at the same time
77. It takes courage to recognize your mental health
78. It’s easier to smile than it is to frown
79. There is nothing wrong with going down, but staying down is wrong
80. Stay true to yourself
81. You are wanted
82. Smile
83. Peace begins with a smile
84. Do what you can
85. You can start today
86. Keep swimming
87. It is important to speak up on mental health
88. It’s about how you drive, not where you are going
89. You don’t have to be positive all the time
90. Having feeling doesn’t make you a negative person
91. Your chemistry is not your character
92. We are not our trauma
93. We are more than our trauma
94. You are the one thing you should never give up on
95. Nobody can save you but yourself
96. Take time in your healing journey
97. Give yourself grace
98. Slow breathing is like an anchor in a storm
99. Find your own kind of therapeutic
100. Show up for yourself
101. Exercise can keep you occupied
102. Stay grounded
103. Find you inner calm
104. Just breath
105. This too shall pass
106. You are amazing
107. Look how far you have come
108. Focus on the now
109. Fight the shadows and follow the light
110. We can flip the script
111. Let’s break the stigma
112. Addiction does not define you
113. There is light at the end of the tunnel, keep walking
114. There is no standard to normal
115. Breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4, breath out for 4
116. Crazy isn’t being broken
117. A sad soul can be as lethal as a germ
118. It is possible to live unwell
119. You are easy to love
120. You can acknowledge the evil you have suffered
121. Even in pieces, you are worth having
122. Mental health isn’t all of you
123. Most people keep their pain a secret, talking about it breaks the cycle
124. We are all broken
125. You can break the stigma
126. You are not the stigma
127. Feed you inner child
128. Deep breathing is our nervous systems love language
129. Beautiful people do no just happen
130. Do not struggle in silence

Read these as you need to; write them down if you need to. Sometimes writing something down over and over (or typing it over and over) makes it real, makes it a habit. So yes these quotes are all a little “vanilla” and yes they sound generic and over used to some. But when we are at the lowest of the low, it helps to remember some of these phrases. They are a coping skill, a way for us to feel a glimmer of some kind of hope.

Believe me, there are times I tell my husband “don’t say anything you would write on a t-shirt” because it often feels forced and annoying to hear the same things over and over. Although, when I am stuck in my darkest hour and someone tells me “you got this, don’t give up” or “believe in yourself”, it really does release a certain amount a serotonin in my brain, to help me see a brighter side. For darkness breeds more darkness, and light breeds more light. If you want to survive this thing called mental health, it is a good rule of thumb to do anything possible to create some kind of positivity in your life, even if it takes incredibly small steps to get there. So go ahead and put a quote on a shirt and wear that shirt with pride!

-A Manic Monday

Sources: embracehealth.com, goodgoodgood.com trvst.world