121 Quotes About Stigma

Labels = Stigma = Low Self-Esteem = Self-Pity = Drug/Alcohol Abuse Excuses

Firefighters are taught early on not to leave any person behind.

At this time in our history, we must encourage our fellow firefighters to find the care that they need.

The first person to really speak to me was Andy, which was lucky, since he was the least crazy. He stank, but I suspected I did too. I never took off my clothes, always ready for fight or flight, needing to feel a little armoured. Deodorant was a luxury I couldn't afford, and I wasn't about to attempt a bath in a room that didn't lock, and which was always in high demand. Not to mention that there was no plug for the tub, or hand soap, or towels, or curtain, or mat.

We sat in good silence, for me relieved silence, watching the thick rush-hour traffic and the jammed streetcars -- all leaving us behind, leaving me feeling cast off and useless, remembering when I too hate somewhere to go, something to do.

The power to label is the power to destroy.

The more there is about the individual that deviates in an undesirable direction from what might have been expected to be true of him, the more he is obliged to volunteer information about himself, even though the cost to him of candor may have increased proportionally.

When you become bipolar you break things that you can't later fix.

The problem is, once people think a certain way about you, it's hard to get it out of their heads.