"You're justmakingexcuses foryourself.""Everyonehas upsanddowns.""You justneed apartner.""Going totherapymeansyou'reweak.""You justneed tobe morepositive.""You'rejustlooking forattention.""Strugglingwith mentalillness meansyou're crazy.""You justneed tosuck itup.""Butmedicationlike that willalter yourbrain!" "Whatdoesn't killyou makesyou stronger.""What doyou have tobedepressedabout?""Mentalillnessdoesn'treally exist.""You justneedsome selfcontrol.""It's allin yourhead.""You shouldbe gratefulfor whatyou have.""Stopbeing adowner.""So manypeople haveit worsethan you.""Life is thishard foreverybody.""It can'tbe thatbad.""You'rejust beingdramatic.""But I'm goingthrough somethingworse than you andI'm notdepressed/anxious.""Nobodywants tohear yoursob story.""You shouldkeep yourstruggles toyourself.""I should beable tohandle thison my own.""You're justmakingexcuses foryourself.""Everyonehas upsanddowns.""You justneed apartner.""Going totherapymeansyou'reweak.""You justneed tobe morepositive.""You'rejustlooking forattention.""Strugglingwith mentalillness meansyou're crazy.""You justneed tosuck itup.""Butmedicationlike that willalter yourbrain!" "Whatdoesn't killyou makesyou stronger.""What doyou have tobedepressedabout?""Mentalillnessdoesn'treally exist.""You justneedsome selfcontrol.""It's allin yourhead.""You shouldbe gratefulfor whatyou have.""Stopbeing adowner.""So manypeople haveit worsethan you.""Life is thishard foreverybody.""It can'tbe thatbad.""You'rejust beingdramatic.""But I'm goingthrough somethingworse than you andI'm notdepressed/anxious.""Nobodywants tohear yoursob story.""You shouldkeep yourstruggles toyourself.""I should beable tohandle thison my own."

Mental Health 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.


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  1. "You're just making excuses for yourself."
  2. "Everyone has ups and downs."
  3. "You just need a partner."
  4. "Going to therapy means you're weak."
  5. "You just need to be more positive."
  6. "You're just looking for attention."
  7. "Struggling with mental illness means you're crazy."
  8. "You just need to suck it up."
  9. "But medication like that will alter your brain!"
  10. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
  11. "What do you have to be depressed about?"
  12. "Mental illness doesn't really exist."
  13. "You just need some self control."
  14. "It's all in your head."
  15. "You should be grateful for what you have."
  16. "Stop being a downer."
  17. "So many people have it worse than you."
  18. "Life is this hard for everybody."
  19. "It can't be that bad."
  20. "You're just being dramatic."
  21. "But I'm going through something worse than you and I'm not depressed/anxious."
  22. "Nobody wants to hear your sob story."
  23. "You should keep your struggles to yourself."
  24. "I should be able to handle this on my own."