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What People with Mental Illness Want You to Know
By learning from people with lived experience, we can all help each other thrive. -
Congress Passes New Bill to Improve Veterans’ Mental Health Care
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, NAMI celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. -
My Spiral out of Reality
"To never have lived the struggles I’ve endured would be to erase who I am today." -
NAMI Applauds Victory for Veterans’ Mental Health
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which previously passed the Senate. -
Addressing Emotions with Mental Illness
People with mental illness experience a wide range of emotions. For me, the three most prominent emotions were anger, lack of self-worth and, eventually, hope. They reflect my evolution from mental illness diagnosis towards recovery. -
Finding the Best Medication Regimen
For many people with mental illness, medication is an important part of their treatment plan. It can be challenging to find the right medication regimen for you, but here are some tips to get there. -
How I Recognize My Early Warning Signs of Mania
For Carrie, part of her bipolar disorder is not being able to tell when she's ramping towards a manic episode. Here's how she stays self-aware of her symptoms. -
Learning to Take Care of Myself
One of the biggest challenges of being a caregiver is prioritizing and taking care of your own needs. Here is how Izzy learned how to redifine his role as a caregiver allowing him more time and space for his own health and well-being. -
I Can’t Cure My Mental Illness, But I Can Make Progress
"I have to stop looking for an overall cure or even a way to permanently manage my illness away. I'm going to have to learn to focus on doing the best I can."