Learning to Breathe Quotes

“Language such as 'doing something stupid' is not only incredibly patronising but also stigmatising. Self-harm and suicide are neither silly nor stupid, they are expressions of something inexpressible, ways of communicating hopelessness.”
― Rachael Newham, Learning to Breathe: My Journey With Mental Illness

“No heartbreak we face, whether caused by mental illness or otherwise, is alien to God, because Jesus experienced the greatest agony in human history.”
― Rachael Newham, Learning to Breathe: My Journey With Mental Illness

“Friendship is our greatest weapon against the stigma of mental illness.”
― Rachael Newham, Learning to Breathe: My Journey With Mental Illness