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