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Quote by Cloris Leachman

“Sometimes bad self-esteem is just good common sense.”

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Cloris Leachman, born on April 30, 1926, was an accomplished American actress. Renowned for her performances in film, television, and theater, she was particularly celebrated for her contributions to comedy. Leachman's acting career spanned over half a century, and she received numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. more

“They keep saying that beautiful is something a girl needs to be. But honestly? Forget that. Don’t be beautiful. Be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented - there are an eternity of other things to be other than beautiful. And what is beautiful anyway but a set of letters strung together to make a word? Be your own definition of amazing, always. That is so much more important than anything beautiful, ever.”

Don T Be Beautiful

Author:Nikita Gill

“I cut myself up really badly with the lid of a tin can. They took me to the emergency room, but I couldn’t tell the doctor what I had done to cut myself—I didn’t have any memory of it. The ER doctor was convinced that dissociative identity disorder didn’t exist. . . . A lot of people involved in mental health tell you it doesn’t exist. Not that you don’t have it, but that it doesn’t exist.”

Mental Health Denial Dissociative Identity Disorder Mental Health Stigma Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Disorders Mental Illness Stigma Mental Health Bias Invalidation Mental Illness Discrimination

Book:Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind

Source: Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind

“DID survivors are failed twice: once at the initial point of their abuse/trauma and again when the system fails to acknowledge their needs, even doubting their diagnosis if they have been fortunate enough to obtain one. This cannot be right in the twenty-first century.”

Psychiatry Dissociative Identity Disorder Abuse Survivors Mental Health Stigma Dissociative Disorder Abuse Recovery Misdiagnosis Invalidation Mental Health Problems

Author:Joan Coleman

“How do I validate him in the face of such profound personal loss and the outrageous denial by the medical community?”

Denial Invalidation Medical Neglect