Video Resource Library

Discovering Bipolar at 25 Khadijah Abdul Azeez shares her story of living with bipolar disorder. Hear about her journey to mental health and how those experiences inspired her to join NAMI, pursue a career in mental health, and continue to share her story with courage, vulnerability, and authenticity.

A First Responder's Road to Recovery from PTSD and Substance Use Disorder Todd Lynch, first responder, shares his story of living with Bipolar, Generalized Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders, as well as living and working with PTSD. Learn about his road to recovery and his inspiring journey with his NAMI family. Remember, you are not […]

Suicide & Family Trauma: The Road to Recovery When we break the stigma around talking about suicide, we open up new roads to recovery: “There is no silence, no shame.” Venessa Abram, mental health advocate shares her experience with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and attempted suicide. Hear how Venessa learned that “it’s okay not to be […]

Being Cuban & a Caregiver: A Therapist's Lived Experience Rebeca Gibbons, therapist and mental health advocate, shares how being an immigrant from Cuba and a caretaker of a mother who eventually received a diagnosis of schizophrenia shaped her. Her experiences led her to becoming a therapist and wanting to help her community overcome challenges like […]

A Proud Path to Mental Health Members of the LGBTQ+ community share stories dealing with social stigma, hopelessness, and living with mental illness, which affects so many LGBTQ+ individuals across the country. Outsized obstacles to mental health exist for LGBTQ+ youth and adults, like figuring out how to access mental health care when friends, family, […]

Bullying, Bullets and Trauma: Surviving with Pride Quintin Lamarr shares his story of growing up at the confluence of systemic racism and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in America. He describes how the traumas of racial injustice and discrimination walk hand in hand with mental illness, and how mental health services and communities like NAMI open up new […]

To the Power of NAMI: A Journey of Hope NAMI members, partners and leaders share their journeys living with hope and how their paths have been shaped by the NAMI community. Hear the stories of how these individuals discovered the NAMI community and were welcomed with open arms. Learn how the NAMI family — working […]

Caring for a Mom with BPD and Finding Purpose Sabrina Quinn’s family didn’t talk about mental health despite their own experiences with serious mental illness. It took the loss of an uncle and her mom’s spiraling mental health crisis for Sabrina to realize that she needed to know more to be able to help. As […]

I Didn’t Think I’d Make it Past 22: The NAMI Community Was There for Me With a mom who lived with schizophrenia, a dad who struggled with alcoholism and a family history of serious mental illness, Strawberry Gallagher was left with little support and parenting. This is the story of how the NAMI community came […]

Jumoke Kolawole: As an Asylee, I Found My Community at NAMI Jumoke Kolawole and her family fled for their lives and arrived in the U.S. with what they could fit in their suitcases. Having been torn away from her friends, family and home, Jumoke found herself struggling to adapt to the pressures of building a […]