Elyn R. Saks
5 quotes
Biography
"in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to."
"Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces."
"The simple truth is, not every fight can be won."
"There’s a tremendous need to implode the myths of mental illness, to put a face on it, to show people that a diagnosis does not have to lead to a painful and oblique life....We who struggle with these disorders can lead full, happy, productive lives, if we have the right resources."
"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."