Mental Health Awareness Month - Volume 2 | May 2019

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Take Action, Share Your Story and Help ADAA #BreaktheStigma

Tomorrow! Join our #MythBusters Twitter Chat ADAA is hosting a Twitter chat tomorrow from 2:00-3:00 pm ET under the title: #MythBusters . ADAA member experts Dr. Kevin Chapman, PhD, and Dr. Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA, will be hosting the chat which will focus on common myths surrounding anxiety and the actual corresponding facts. Use the hashtag #MythBusters to join the conversation and ask questions! Be sure to follow @Got_Anxiety for updates about this chat.

Share Your Story and Change the Narrative!

You Are Not Alone b y Nicholas Nayersina "At the end of the day I saw that we were all in this together, all dealing with our own problems either mentally or the challenges life throws at us… I realized I wasn’t alone. This right here is what made me want to speak out and create a video explaining my story; to tell people that they are not alone and the greatest thing we can do to show that is to express our stories, how we feel and support one another."  Read more.

Believe That Life is Worth Living, and it Will Create the Fact by Kavya Hemmanur "After 3 years of suffering that is what I learned in life. I realized true happiness does not lie in an ideal life that I always dreamt of, but in little things. I learned what it truly means to be human and experience the lows and the highs. I learned depression can be overcome, if you commit to never giving up on yourself and your purpose." Read more.

Melissa Osburg Art by Melissa Osburg "If my brain is distracted I can cope better...now don’t get me wrong I have bad days still as of the last three weeks I have struggled tremendously, but I know there is hope because I have overcome it once before. My anxiety is not gone but I’m able to cope much better with the feelings that are inside of my head. I have recently created my anxiety awareness art series to share how I feel on a daily basis, my struggle and through this piece of art I hope others can realize that they are not alone and we need to break the stigma!" Read more.

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Your Gift In Action

Create Your Personal Mental Health Awareness Fundraiser Through Facebook! Want to raise mental health awareness but don't know how? You and your Facebook friends can support causes that are important to you (like ADAA!) by raising funds and awareness without leaving Facebook! Start your own Facebook fundraiser here today . Visit ADAA's Facebook page.

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