Mental Illness Stigma Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. So many people you really ARE sick
2. You don't look bipolar/ depressed
3. You will never be "ok" again
4. There is no such thing as ___ (diagnosis)
5. I wish I could be anorexic (to lose weight)
6. You just need to pray/find God/be saved
7. If you can laugh, you are not depressed
8. It can't be that bad
9. So many people have it worse than you
10. Others did ___ and now they're cured
11. Life is hard for everybody
12. Everyone gets depressed/ anxious
13. You just need to change your diet
14. How can you do this to your family?
15. You just need a boyfriend/ girlfriend
16. You just need to suck it up
17. You're just being dramatic
18. You just need some self-control
19. You just need to be more positive
20. Medications keep you from being "real"
21. I wish I could be manic
22. You just need more exercise
23. You just want special treatment
24. You just need to push yourself harder