[…] ability to choose love is the one thing that can never be taken away from you. Sarah Ryan is a writer covering mental illness topics like stigma, recovery and hope. She is a survivor of schizophrenia, and she is an ongoing NAMI Wake County blog contributor and NAMI Connection support group facilitator in […]
[…] Activism,” we can’t underestimate the wide-reaching impacts of personal activism, particularly in areas of mental health. Activism boosts emotional well-being and is a critical step toward ending stigma, achieving parity and increasing mental health services and support. Youcanmake a difference. Trish Lockard has been a volunteer for NAMI Tennessee since 2014. Mental health care […]
[…] though the odds are stacked against me, I’m still betting on myself. Heather Loeb is the creator of “Unruly Neurons,” a blog dedicated to eradicating the stigma of mental illness. Heather has lived with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, avoidant personality disorder and binge eating disorder for the past 20 years. She […]
[…] We plan recovery events for the larger mental health community. We reach out to our neighbors. We are a part of the world and society. We fight stigma every day. To me, peer support is more than a job where you expose people to recovery. We have the chance to inspire. The people we […]
[…] first comes to mind. As the national conversation about mental health has evolved, pursuing therapy has become more and more common — and people are challenging the stigma that surrounds seeking treatment. Indeed, it often seems as though most people have been in therapy at some point in their lives. When making a decision […]
[…] behavioral health” challenge vs. “mental illness.” Practice reframing your thinking from the model of “illness” to “different or non-neurotypical thinking,” so as to remove judgement, help decrease stigma and to expand possibilities for you and for them. 7. Be Open to Exploring Outside the Standard Medical Model My own bias was that the model […]
[…] privileged beyond words to occupy a role that I never thought was in the cards for people who looked like me growing up. Breaking cycles while breaking stigma — that’s what I’m here for. Guiying (Angel) Zhong is a current undergraduate student at the University of the Pacific majoring in Psychology and English […]
[…] of us understood the signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). In my husband’s small military community, invisible wounds carried a stigma. He worried he would be ostracized from his command and forced to medically retire from the career he loved. Shame, guilt and depression overcame him. It […]
[…] who screened positive for depression, 76% showed improved symptoms after six-weeks of use. Resources like these can be a game-changer for caregivers needing in-the-moment support or feeling stigma related to mental health. Focusing on economic security: Financial security lays a foundation for mental health. Yet, caregivers often don’t get this peace of mind. As […]
[…] at Creative Care for Reaching Independence (CCRI), an organization that offers community-based mental health support. She loves to write and is passionate about mental health awareness and ending stigma. She has both professional and personal experience navigating mental illness, and she hopes to share what she has learned. Woman crying in bed next to baby
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