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Neuroplasticity III: Trusting Myself after Psychosis & Jail
It became clear that trusting myself had to come from within. This was not something that someone else could give me. -
National Recovery Month: Chris’s Story
Substance use disorders affect many people. If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone; there is help and there is hope.
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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. -
An Open Letter in Response to the President’s Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities
Today, NAMI, in partnership with CIT International and other national organizations working in mental health and policing, released an open letter responding to President Trump’s June 16th executive order, “Safe Policing for Safe Communities.” -
What Kept Me Going After My Episode
"I get up every morning to finish my new degree because I hope I can help people who are in crisis with words, not tasers. I help people with mental illness because I hope I can be that voice of educated experience that I never had after my first manic episode."