Blog Challenge Day 3

http://delectablydawn.com/blog-a-day-challenge-blog-hop/

Today is the 3rd day of the 30 Day Blog Challenge!

I found this little goodie on the Facebook page Fight Like a Girl Club

I will never give up the fight.  

Depression will not defeat me.

I am a survivor.  I will be okay.

I am strong enough to live this life I was given.

You better believe that I will make every 

moment count to the very end.

Researching Resources, Really!

 

 

I actually took the time last night and scrounged

 (is that a real word) around on Facebook and came up with

 a list of mental health Facebook pages to share with my

readers, that would be you guys. I just like to throw information I find out at

you guys in case anyone wants or needs a little support or guidance. 

 

 Just so you know, I got your back!

 

 

Mental Health Facebook Pages

**BringChange2Mind—Helps to combat the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental Illness. https://www.facebook.com/BringChange2Mind

**Mental Health Support 24/7—Support group for mental health issues https://www.facebook.com/mhs247

**Help Reduce Suicide, Depression, and Stress Related Illnesses—Support group https://www.facebook.com/olagola

**Pros of Prozac—Helps to eliminate the stigma of mental illness and psychotropic medication  https://www.facebook.com/ProsofProzac

**Kissing Stigma Goodbye—Support group for mental illness and helps to stop the stigma associated with mental illness https://www.facebook.com/NoDifferentThanYou

**Help for Depression—Help to understand your treatment options https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-For-Depression

**Minding Your Mind Foundation—Enlightening the attitudes toward mental illness  https://www.facebook.com/mindingyourmind

**National Institute of Mental Health—Helping to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illness through research https://www.facebook.com/nimhgov

**Being Bipolar-- An online resource and podcast embracing, defining and sharing what it means to live with bipolar disorder https://www.facebook.com/beingbipolarpodcast

**Understanding Border Personality Disorder—helping others  and providing support on BPD https://www.facebook.com/understandingbpd

**Schizophrenia Awareness—Spreading the awareness and information on schizophrenia https://www.facebook.com/schizowareness

**Anxiety Advice--For people or their family members who have had anxiety disorders and or depression. Hopefully people suffering with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, etc can all help each other with discussions, advice and just by supporting others as theyknow how you are feeling. https://www.facebook.com/AnxietyAdvice

**National Alliance on Mental Illness--dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness https://www.facebook.com/officialNAMI

**Beautifully Broken, Perfectly Imperfect—Chronic Pain and Mental Illness—Support page https://www.facebook.com/BeautifullyBrokenPerfectlyImperfect

If you don't have a Facebook account, you should really consider getting one. 

Facebook is a lot of fun!

 

Oh yeah and while you are there, could you do me a favor and like my Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/BeingPositiveWithADepressiveSoul

 

Thanks so much for your continued support!

You Guys Rock!

 

I Support Mental Illness, How About You?

I have a goal to pre-sell 75 Mental Illness Awareness t-shirts on Teespring in 19 days. A large portion of the profit from My Mental Health and Mental Illness Awareness Campaign will go to Mental Health in my city, West Terre Haute, IN especially for medicines that people can't pay for.

Head over here http://www.teespring.com/iamnotashamed and pre-order and check out the t-shirt I designed (logo above), you will not be charged unless I reach my goal. Please support me in my fight to end the stigma of Mental Illness.

Thank you in advance. ♥

Want info about Teespring and/or starting your own campaign? Just go here and see what they are all about.

Mental Health Awareness

As May is soon coming to a close, I hope that everyone takes a little understanding, give some support, help stop the stigma, and became more aware of mental health and all the issues mental illness brings with it with you out into the world.  Just because you may not see it, mental illness is real, not something we sufferers make up.  Thanks to all who support me and my blog!  I really appreciate your kindness and continued support.

In Support of Mental Health Awareness Month

Check out my girl Liz at

https://www.facebook.com/DepressiveChick101

Stop the Stigma of Mental Illness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Please Support Mental Illness

Stop the Stigma of Mental Illness

Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 

I pledged to blog for Mental Health.  I thought I would share with you some pictures, quotes and sayings that pertain to Mental Illness and Depression.  Please visit my personal facebook page picture album, Depression and Mental Health Awareness.   

Also check out my pinterest Board, Hello Darkness My Old  Friend, This is what I call my depression, it is like an old friend.

Remember you are not alone.  I hope you enjoy them! Don't get too sad :)

Support Mental Health

May is Mental Health
   Awareness Month

Teen Suicide Info for Parents

What is Depression?

        

Not only do I suffer from depression, so does my daughter.  We just take it day by day, sometimes it is all we can do to get up in the morning. The sadness is overwhelming at times that the tears don't want to stop.  We just want the pain to end. The medication doesn't help 100% so it seems that we are always stuck with that little piece of sadness that won't go away. What kind of life is this? Now is the time, I will no longer hide my depression.  It will no longer control me. 
I will fight to stay alive. I will have hope for another day. 

Please join me in the fight for acceptance of Mental Illness.  Mental Illness is just that, an illness. If we all just do a little bit, understand a little bit, comfort a  little bit, and speak out a little bit then maybe we could make a difference.  People need to know that it is okay to ask for help.  It is okay to ask for the treatment they need. They shouldn't feel stupid or scared about what other people might think of them.  It is not their fault that they feel bad, feel anxiety, want to die, or cannot get out of bed. 

The stigma associated with Mental Illnesses must stop.  We do not need to feel discriminated upon anymore. We are all real people, with real lives wanting to 
live a better life.

Here are some things you could do to raise awareness:
--Visit The Healthy Place and Join the Campaign to 

Stand Up for Mental Health

--Take the Bring Change 2 Mind Pledge
--Get the Facts on Mental Health at the National Alliance on Mental Health
--Go to the National Institute on Mental Health. They hope that one day we 

will live in a world where mental illnesses are prevented and cured.

Thanks for listening to me rant about a good cause.  It gives me great comfort to be able to talk about mental illness and to advocate for its acceptance.  It is something I live with every day. It is all too familiar.  I won't let my depression define me but I will not apologize for who I am either.  

Mental Illness Affects Everyone

Ok One More of Mental Health Humor

Too funny, yet so true!

More Mental Health Humor

I feel like this on Facebook, I am just all over the place
 posting status,  sharing, commenting, tagging and
of course stalking LOL

My Kind of Therapy

Mental Health Humor

I don't know if there is such a thing as mental health

 humor but it sure does help to laugh at yourself once

 in a while, gives me perspective on myself.  I saw this 

and just literally laughed out loud.  I knew I had to share this.  

Hope everyone gets a chuckle.  Besides We are all Crazy Here.

 Is that a bad thing.  I think not :)