During Mental Health Month, there’s always a lot of talk about breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness. Well, it seems like we’ve still got a long way to go.

On Edge: A Journey through Anxiety is part-memoir and part-exposition of the science, symptoms and treatment of anxiety disorders, neatly woven together.

On June 29, NAMI advocates from across the country will brave the summer heat to meet with offices on Capitol Hill to advocate for mental health as part of the 2017 NAMI National Convention. Nearly 1,000 people have registered for Hill Day, but we still have spots available and we want you to fill one.

"I have a mental disorder with a long, fancy name: Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Type 1. An illness like mine is invisible. The only people who can see it are the people I chose to let inside. Thankfully, I started with NAMI Peer-to-Peer."

Kids are our next generation. We should be teaching them about the importance of mental health and the warning signs of mental illness. If we teach them well enough, maybe stigma won’t exist once their generation grows up.

“There are millions of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder…You can and will get through this with grace and dignity, even if you stumble a bit at first trying to find your path.”

NAMI believes every community needs hope and support when it comes to mental health. And National Technical Assistance Centers, such as the NAMI STAR Center, encourages every state to help peer- and family-run organizations provide that crucial hope and support.

"My family is accustomed to the tedious nature of tracking medications, symptoms, side effects, doctors’ appointments and so much more because they’re always changing. In the middle of all that, it’s a beautiful thing to have a place of consistency waiting for us each spring: NAMIWalks."

RPG Limit Break is back again this year, speedrunning video games to raise awareness about mental illness and funds for NAMI. This event is what happens when different communities band together for a common cause.

While the show has started many conversations about suicide, whether those conversations are harmful or helpful is debatable. What is helpful, however, are all the resources that have become more visible in response to the show.