How to Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

This story inspired by NAMI Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness) hopes to help enlighten & end the stigma of mental illness with a personal, moving story of coping with bipolar disorder by an accomplished educator, Tammy Ozolins. Tammy talks about not knowing what was wrong with her when she went from highs to lows, and how often it was written off as being just a phase of a teenager, but the roller coaster of emotions and not feeling hope and trying to take her life was more than she could bear. She found the right help, medication and slowly brought the pieces of her puzzling life back together with the love of her twin brother who doesn’t have bipolar, family and friends.

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