“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“People who say … they're perfectly fine [are] more insane than the rest of us.”
— Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax: What's so funny about mental illness?
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“[With depression] you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, ‘Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays,’ and of course you've got nothing to show.”
— Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax: What's so funny about mental illness?
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“How come every other organ in your body can get sick and you get sympathy, except the brain?”
— Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax: What's so funny about mental illness?
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