The Power Of Kindness and Compassion In Mental Health

Former NAMI Executive Director, Mary Giliberti, discusses why it matters if you are kind and compassionate even when it’s hard.
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If you or a loved one is seeking mental health treatment or additional information on mental health:
• Visit our website at NAMI.org.
• Call our HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HELPLINE” to 62640, open Mon-Fri from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Find your local NAMI at nami.org/findsupport
• If you or a loved one is experiencing a crisis, please call or text 988, available 24/7
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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

[@penpaper2989]

17:33 "In a world of people who couldn't care less, be the person who couldn't care more."

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

I'm a NAMI volunteer and consumer! The organization has given me a safe place to volunteer, and be a consumer. I facilitated a peer support group called NAMI Connection for years!

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

@Adam Weilacher NAMI is in every state. Go to your public library and ask for information on the organization, it depends on what state you are in.

[@kaymcguire7685]

Tip if someone says I don't care it's a bad sign.

[@maryoneil1468]

It’s a start. I’d like to see a lot more effort to get help to get those that won’t take meds and don’t believe they are sick so they suffer and their family suffers. It feels homeless to go thru this.

[@chrisharding]

If one reads Dr. Naomi I. Eisenberger's work at[2], they will find that Tylenol can help with some forms of social pain as related to rejection, etc. Also, the following poem is wonderful[1]. I have schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type), combat PTSD, and 1991 Gulf War Illnesses. I have two STEM degrees: Chemical engineering and biological sciences, I use to be a social person, but I became ill, "odd," and, well, unwelcome for practical reasons--I could not stop talking about the people trying to murder me, my friends, my family, and others. I suddenly became lonely. I also lost my career, one that I was quite good at, and I was looking at becoming homeless. It is not hard today to see the fate of many mentally ill with family that cannot or will not support them. So, the mentally ill often think of suicide as an option. It was my option. Thankfully, I am now 100% total and permanent disabled via the US Veterans Affairs so I have some security and comfort. Sadly, many don't have that security, and, to be honest, SSI sucks in America. So, let us start with providing the mentally ill with the tools to help them manage their illnesses. At a minimum, I think every disabled person should have free access to the internet and a computer. Why? References: [1] WIMP. (2010, July 30). How To Be Alone. Retrieved (2010). WIMP[online]. Available from: www.wimp.com/howalone/ [2] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Eisenberger%20NI%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=20548058

[@xxxYouTunesxxx]

Tylenol for social pain? Is that a joke?

[@akaaschalashiya172]

Chris Harding i know where your coming from.. good on you mate.. its very hard.. and suicide is not an option for me.. i have to make it through this life with trauma.. and i just need to practise good lifestyle choices.. society makes it hard too Take care

[@tclancy23]

Two recent studies have shown that Tylenol, acetaminophen, reduces positive empathy. So it reduces physical pain but also reduces our ability to feel the pain of others. The millions of doses of acetaminophen given dailymaybe explains the lack of empathy in our public realm. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015806/. Annual sales over $1 billion