NAMI Blog

In our communitites, we need to make an effort through education and trainings to learn more about how to help someone who is experiencing psychosis. 

"As the medications began to take effect. I very sadly started to realize that I was not a prophet. I was just a very sick person. I remain convinced to this day that I became psychotic trying make sense of our world."

"I slowly started to understand that I have a very severe mental illness. I could no longer deny it. So instead, I wanted to find a way to cope with it."

"Because of the love, support and compassion of my family, my treatment team and the people at my church, I am able to say I have come a long way."

"Mental illness doesn’t have to be the one definition of who we are. Though mental illness is a devastating diagnosis, I firmly believe we can overcome our limitations to live a life of satisfaction." 

"Ten years and nine hospitalizations later, I found that there is not just one kind of “alone.” There are scary alones, lonely alones, secret alones, alones in solace and alones that are empowering.  As people with mental illness, we often travel through these different alones."

"When my depression hits, my body feels restricted, as though a weight I cannot see has made a home on my chest. The only thing I latch onto is knowing I’ve come out of it before. I think we all need that one thread to help pull us through."

Celebrities have the ability to bring people into our community, people who can relate to their struggle and feel inspired by their bravery to speak out.

Movies and television have the unique ability to provide examples to the general public about how to recognize and respond to warning signs that someone is considering suicide. 

Now more than ever, children are learning about mental health in school. However, mental health issues among young people is still on the rise. We need to ensure that our children are not just learning how to seek help, but are actually acting on it.