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

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