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Finding Help
Learn what to do when you need help with your mental health.
https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults/Teens/Finding-Help 8/10/2021 1:11:00 PM
My Battle With Depression
I can’t really explain it, but after my accident, something just clicked inside of me. After that day, everything was different. Suddenly, I had this will to live—something I never remembered ever having.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/My-Battle-With-Depression 1/26/2017 12:46:24 PM
How to Talk (and Listen) to Someone Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts
“I can’t take this anymore.” Many of us who care for someone with a mental illness have heard these words before. We’ve watched friends and family members battle the pain and challenges, and we’ve worried for their safety when they say some days feel too overwhelming. Th...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/September-2021/How-to-Talk-(and-Listen)-to-Someone-Experiencing-Suicidal-Thoughts 9/29/2021 6:16:17 AM
Do I Have a Mental Health Condition?
Determine if what you are experiencing might be a symptom of an underlying mental health condition.
https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults/Young-Adults/Do-I-Have-a-Mental-Health-Condition 8/18/2021 11:14:35 AM
Hold On
My name is Amy and today I am going to do the unthinkable and share my experience with suicide. We all deserve to live and we are all worth saving. 
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Hold-On 9/11/2015 12:14:21 PM
Steps to Stomp out Stigma
As the teenage mental illness and suicide rate gradually rises, we must learn to open our mouths and speak.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Steps-to-Stomp-out-Stigma 5/2/2016 2:04:52 PM
Better Days
The adults in your life say that it’s just a phase all teenagers go through, but you know that it’s not a phase. It’s something that isn’t “normal.”
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Better-Days 8/17/2016 11:31:36 AM
It's Not Okay
My mind is still a game of numbers and every day is a battle. It’s okay to lose some days. You can lose a battle and still win the war.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/It-s-Not-Okay 9/27/2016 1:04:50 PM
A Day in the Life
I think a lot about the fact that people who don’t live with mental health conditions really don’t have a clue about what the experience is like for those of us who do.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/A-Day-in-the-Life 7/20/2017 10:59:46 AM
Make it Okay to Talk About Mental Illness
"Hearing she’s happy is all I’ve ever wanted for her."
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Make-it-Okay-to-Talk-About-Mental-Illness 9/3/2020 12:39:31 PM
Using Humor as a Coping Tool
At times, I need to talk honestly and directly about my depression. It’s hard, but my recovery depends on it. Then, after a while, I need a break. For me, the best break is something that makes me laugh. You can find humor in a lot of places, but I wasn’t expecting to ...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/January-2020/Using-Humor-as-a-Coping-Tool 1/15/2020 11:35:49 AM
Literature as a Lens to Understand Trauma
Literature is a valid resource to learn more about complex issues, including mental health and trauma. In fact, books can also play a vital role in mental illness recovery, and “ bibliotherapy ” considers reading as therapeutic in understanding emotions. The art of storyt...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2020/Literature-as-a-Lens-to-Understand-Trauma 12/23/2020 8:01:21 AM
Take the Stop Bullying Challenge
Bullying is never okay. It is not just kids being kids. It is not simply part of growing up. It is harmful and destructive and a major challenge to mental health. That’s why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education are sponsoring...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/August-2012/Take-the-Stop-Bullying-Challenge 8/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Getting Treatment During a Crisis
https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Treatment/Getting-Treatment-During-a-Crisis 3/18/2015 3:01:59 PM
The Fight for My Life
My psychiatrist finally found a combination of medications that work for me and I don’t have as many dark days anymore.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/The-Fight-for-My-Life 2/12/2016 11:51:15 AM
Living with Depression: How to Keep Working
  I live with a high-functioning depression in my life, and in the workplace. I’ve been struggling since 2015, when I thought it was just fatigue. Medication and therapy have helped me feel better, but I still experience depressive episodes. Sometimes going to the office ...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/April-2017/Living-with-Depression-How-to-Keep-Working 4/7/2017 11:33:03 AM
Is It a Mental Health Problem? Or Just Puberty?
  We’re seeing epidemic levels of stress in children and teenagers, with increasing rates of clinical depression , anxiety and other coping problems. Fear , uncertainty and lack of control—factors that power stress—are ramped up in times of rapid, unpredictable change...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/May-2018/Is-It-a-Mental-Health-Problem-Or-Just-Puberty 5/30/2018 1:38:17 PM
Four Lessons From Four Years of Therapy
I’ve now been in therapy for four years. I talk about four years a lot. It’s an important number in my life. After I was raped in 2011, I suffered in silence for just under four years. It happened at college in Chicago by a fellow student on the third weekend of my freshman...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/April-2019/Four-Lessons-From-Four-Years-of-Therapy 4/1/2019 1:38:10 PM
Reimagining Mental Health in Schools
During P.E. in my sophomore year of high school, the coach had the class stand up in a circle. “Take everything off your wrists,” she commanded. A few teens had bandanas and wide bracelets on; they took them off. “Now, lift your hands to the ceiling, wrists facing me,” she...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/March-2022/Reimagining-Mental-Health-in-Schools 3/25/2022 8:21:19 AM
Understanding The Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness
Early warning signs often emerge at the onset or worsening of mental illness symptoms. Simply, put these warning signs are any thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that significantly impair day-to-day functioning — such as feeling excessively sad or low — and they may indicate...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/May-2022/Understanding-The-Early-Warning-Signs-of-Mental-Illness 5/9/2022 9:50:44 AM
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