NAMI Blog

Why I’m Not Making Any New Year’s Resolutions

How The Pandemic Helped Me Build a Stronger Self

Supporting Mental Health in The Workplace

The “Happiest” Time of The Year: Tips for Managing Holiday Stress

Managing Mental Illness and Parenthood

Confronting Mental Health Challenges in Rural America

Lessons Learned: Embracing Treatment and Finding Acceptance

What I Wish I Had Known About Stigma: I Don’t Want to be “Normal”

Ageism, Mental Health and Suicide Risk in Older Men

Sending My Daughter to College, Mental Health Challenges and All

Fighting Internalized Stigma and Changing My Attitude

How Time Line Therapy Has Helped Me

How My Daughter Reminded Me to Leave My Comfort Zone and Embrace Life

How I Developed a Healthy Relationship with Exercise to Help My Mental Health

How My Husband’s Untreated Symptoms Affected My Anxiety

Five Things to Say to a Loved One with Anxiety

Things I Didn’t Expect When I Became a Parent

Anxiety And Fear: What's The Difference?

A Mother’s Reflection Over the Loss of Her Son

Zoomed: My Experience with Online Group Therapy

Black History Month: Writing This Triggers My Anxiety

How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Helped My Anxiety

The Use of Language and Imagery as a Tool for Managing Anxiety

When You Have an Anxiety Disorder, Courage Is Subjective

It’s Not “Just” Anxiety

How Early Intervention Impacted My Life

Managing Anxiety: Becoming Aware of What I Can Control

I’m a Mental Health Professional, and I Understand

Being Socially Isolated with Mental Illness: A Perspective for Loved Ones

How to Ease Children’s Anxiety About COVID-19

This is For Me

Learning to See My Depression and Anxiety as a Gift

Mental Illness Should Not Be a Secret

Learning to Take Care of Myself

Talking Back to Scary Thoughts

5 Ways You Can Support Veterans’ Mental Health

The Difference Between a Disorder and a Feeling

How Labels Impacted My Mental Health

You Can Be Strong and Still Seek Help

Making a Major Life Change for Your Mental Health

Four Lessons From Four Years of Therapy

Treating the Whole Person

Millennials and Mental Health

Anxiety, the Sneaky Symptom

Growing up Without Mental Health Support

Being a Parent When You Have Anxiety

How the Digital Age Has Impacted Mental Health Care

How I Cope with Health Anxiety

Why I Have to Convince Myself My Anxiety is Real

How My Depression Made Me A Better State Representative

A Parent’s Guide to Mental Health for College Students

The Scariest Panic Symptoms People Don’t Talk About

When Stigma Prevented Me from Getting Help

My Journey From Isolation to Connection

How Being an Iranian Immigrant Affected My Mental Health

You Can’t Plan for Mental Illness

What Happens When Celebrities Talk About Mental Illness

Anxiety, My Companion

Showing Strength in the Face of Mental Illness

Reshaping My Relationship with Myself

What To Do if Your Workplace is Anxiety-Inducing

When Your Parents Have Mental Illness: Healing Childhood Trauma

My Great Wake-Up Call

The Problem with Yelling

How Dogs Can Help with Depression

Motherhood and Your Mental Health

Being the Person My 13-Year-Old Self Needed

The Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression

The Top Three Musicals About Mental Health

Hope is Within Reach

Translating Lived Experience into a Compelling Novel

Sharing My Mental Health Journey on Stage

What You Should Know About Toxic Stress

Talking About Mental Health Should Start Early

I Remember When Worry Was a Friend

My Relationship Isn’t Doomed Because of My Mental Illness

Are You Living on the Edge?

Don’t Get Crushed by Anxiety

Learn How to Couple Your Anxiety and Relationship

Exercise for Mental Health: 8 Keys to Get and Stay Moving

Mental Illness in the Oval Office

7 Ways to Help You De-stress

5 Main Characters in Best Sellers Who Live with Mental Illness

8 of Our Favorite Blogs from Buzzfeed’s Mental Health Week

Learning Compassion for Yourself

Latinos: Has Mental Illness Knocked at Your Door?

Postpartum Anxiety and Depression: It Happened to Me