Mental health pins and buttons are a small, affordable way to be open about your story and encourage important conversations. You never know how a simple message on your backpack or jacket could make a difference in someone else’s life. In this guide, we will share some of our favorite awareness and humorous pins that bring mental illness into the light and fight stigma.
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Mental Health Awareness Pins and Buttons
These mental health awareness pins feature words and images of support and hope for those who are struggling. Use them to remind others and yourself that you’re not alone.
Mental Health Matters Enamel Pin
Mental health matters is a common sentiment, almost overused, but still relevant as long as we are struggling to have these critical conversations. I love the pin featured below because it is designed by a talented artist who lives with mental illness.
Mental Health Matters Enamel Pin, Asking for help is okay, ADHD handmade pin, Autism pin, mental health advocate
Mental Health Matters Enamel Lapel Pin
Let's Talk About Mental Health Button
The best way to end stigma about mental illness is to talk about it. You shouldn’t feel like you have to keep your struggles a secret, and wearing this mental health button shows others that you are a safe person to talk to about what they are going through.
Let's Talk About Mental Health - Pin Badge Button
Suicide Prevention Mental Health Pins
The semicolon symbolizes hope, resilience, and solidarity in suicide prevention and mental health. A semicolon indicates a pause but not the end of a sentence; it represents a choice to continue one's life story rather than end it prematurely. The semicolon movement aims to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and provide support to those struggling with mental illness. It encourages individuals to embrace their inner strength, seek help, and remind themselves that their story isn't over. Wearing a semicolon mental health pin serves as a powerful reminder that even in the face of darkness, there is always the possibility of a brighter tomorrow.
Semi-Colon Enamel Pin - Mental Health Pin - Semi-Colon Project Pin - Available in Silver, Gold, or Rainbow Finishes
Suicide Prevention Mental Health Pin Mental Health Help Backpack Pins Mental Wellness Semicolon Pins for Backpacks Cute Mental Health Button
Customizable Pride Semicolon Pin LGBT Gay Bi Lesbian Trans Mental Health Awareness Suicide Prevention Survival Personalizable
Mood and Feelings Pins
Sometimes it can be hard to talk about how you’re feeling or let people know that you’re having a bad day. These mental health pins have sliders and wheels so you can indicate your mood without having to say a word. They’re also great for autistic people and people with selective mutism who may find it especially difficult to express themselves on bad mental health days.
Spinning Mood Pin, Sliding Enamel Pin, Mental Well-Being Enamel Pin, Nonverbal Communication Mood Pins, Mental Health Pin, Symptom Tracker
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Self-Care Pins
These mental health pins remind you of the importance of self-care and not giving up when times are tough. You’ve got this!
Take Time To Recharge Battery Enamel Pin - Mental health Pin - Mental Health Reminder Pin
You Are Enough Enamel Pin | Mental Health Pin, Self Care, Jacket Pin, Backpack Pin, Lapel Pin, Feminist Pin, Affirmation, Depression
Phoenix Can't Keep Me Down Hard Enamel Pin / funny, lapel pin, badge, gold
Mental Health Buttons Multipack
If you’re looking for bulk mental health buttons to give to friends, students, etc. these multi-packs are affordable and feature affirming messages of hope.
Bulk Order Mental Health Buttons- 1.5 inch Pin Back Buttons- Therapy Office Give Away- Mental Health Matters- Awareness- Small Gift Idea
Funny Mental Health Pins and Buttons
Some of us are snarky and sarcastic and find awareness messages a bit cloying. Laughter is great medicine and it also fights stigma, as long as you’re laughing with yourself and not putting yourself down. If you approach your diagnosis and its challenges with humor, you’ll love these funny mental health pins.
Emotional Rollercoaster Ticket Enamel Pin
This ticket to the emotional roller coaster ride is so relatable for those of us with bipolar, BPD, and other mental illnesses that involve mood swings.
Emotional Rollercoaster Enamel Pin - Mental health Pin
Professional Overthinker Funny Mental Health Pin
I did a lot of overthinking about which overthinker mental health pin to include on this list, and the rapidly changing weather featured as a backdrop made this the one. I think. I could change my mind later, and you might see three or four enamel pins listed here because I ultimately couldn’t decide. You know how it goes.
Professional Overthinker Rainbow Enamel Pin - Hard Enamel Pin Badge - Mental Health Lapel Pin
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Funny Alien Therapy Pin
It gets lost amidst all the other news, but lots of people have been talking about aliens lately, and there's emerging evidence that they have visited our planet. The fact that the general public still doesn’t know about our extraterrestrial guests suggests that they consider us unworthy of that knowledge. But you know how we could get better? By going to therapy and working through all of the hangups that hold us back as a species. Don’t wait to be abducted by the little green men… Get to therapy today!
Get in loser we’re going to therapy pin, get in loser, get in loser pin, ufo pin, alien pin, wood pin
Stressing Meowt Funny Enamel Pin
If I fits I sits in a box hoping the world will leave me alone. This cute enamel pin is perfect for those tough mental health days when you just want everything to stop coming at you.
Black cat soft enamel pin - Cute cat lapel pin - Funny animal collar pin - Pins for backpacks - Cool hat pins - Mental health pin
Anxie-Tea Funny Mental Health Pin
Served piping hot! If anxiety fuels you too, you’ll love this little tea cup mental health enamel pin.
I Run On Anxie-TEA - Enamel Pin - Lapel Badge - Mental Health Awareness Accessory
For more pins like this, check out our Anxiety Merch.
Sometimes I Fall Apart Cute Taco Mental Health Button
When every day is Taco Tuesday and you’re always falling apart, this little mental health button will cheer you up. Also, get yourself some actual tacos, because you’re worth it.
Struggle Bus Funny Mental Illness Pinback Badge
All aboard! Lately, it seems like America is just like this bus and we are all trying to escape as it burns. Let’s break out the fire extinguishers instead and try to cool things down.
Struggle Bus Hard Enamel Pin / funny, lapel pin, badge, gold
Emotional Stability? In This Economy? Humorous Mental Health Pin
We are all melting on the struggle bus and nothing is affordable, it’s no wonder that emotional stability is not exactly high these days. If you can relate, you’ll love this funny mental health pin.
Emotional Stability in This Economy? Melting Smile Pin | Mental Health Button | Sarcastic Funny Meme Gift | Alt Style Indie Tumblr Fashion
Trauma Mixtape Funny Survivor Pin
What’s on your trauma mixtape?
Trauma Greatest Hits Hard Enamel Pin / cassette tape, music, mix tape, funny, lapel pin, badge, gold
Funny Existential Dread Pin
The person who designed this humorous parody pin is flirting with copyright infringement, but I loved it too much not to feature it. I am an annual passholder, how about you?
When you fasten a mental health pin to your shirt or bag, you make a subtle but profound statement. Each pin tells a story, a personal narrative of resilience and perseverance. It becomes a conversation starter, inviting others to share their own experiences and creating a safe space for open dialogue. These pins serve as gentle reminders to prioritize self-care and promote mental health awareness. Mental health pins create a sense of belonging to a compassionate community, bonded together by the shared understanding of the importance of mental well-being.
These are just a few of the many hilarious and touching mental health buttons I have found. If you have more to recommend, especially made by designers who have mental illnesses themselves, please recommend them in the comments below!
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