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The Voices that Caused Me to Lose Everything
"There was some part of my brain that knew something was off, but I still had no idea it was voices I was hearing." -
Neuroplasticity II: Recovery After Jail
"I focused on work, love, play and spirituality as the required elements for recovery." -
Neuroplasticity: How I Survived Psychosis and Jail
"Neuroplasticity, my brain’s potential to adapt to change, proved to be crucial to both surviving incarceration and recovering from psychosis." -
A Plea for Compassion as Someone Who Was Arrested During Psychosis
To bring about meaningful change, the system itself has to be restructured and it starts, quite plainly, with having compassion. -
Podcasts Featuring Three Unique Perspectives on Serious Mental Illness Released in Partnership with APA’s SMI Adviser
NAMI has partnered with the APA’s SMI Adviser program to produce the Medical Mind Podcast series featuring NAMI Chief Medical Officer Ken Duckworth in conversations centered around experiences with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and early psychosis. -
Making a Difference One Person at a Time
"Treating someone living with mental illness with dignity and kindness is one of the best things you can do for them." -
My Spiral out of Reality
"To never have lived the struggles I’ve endured would be to erase who I am today." -
Living with Trichotillomania: A User’s Guide to Saving Your Eyebrows
It’s taken a while for me to accept that my biggest enemy in life may just be my own fingers. -
Telling the Monster Goodnight — My Child with OCD
With the help of her mother, therapist and a monster named "Otis," Maggie learns to cope with her OCD. -
What Is It Like to Hallucinate?
"These experiences can occur at any time. They are a part of me, and I view them as natural as my left arm."