1. FELICIA JOHNSON 1 out of every 5 people struggles with mental illness.
Stop and think and you’ll discover that you probably know someone who is going through that right now.
Yes, mental illness is the dark secret so many live with.
Now you can help change this.

2. STIGMA

4. I WANT A DOG

5. ABUSE IS ABUSE Mental Health Issues! Physical Verbal Psychological
Sexual
All can lead to serious
Mental Health Issues!

6. SHAME

7. Unwanted
Rejected
Worthless
Loser
Outcast

8. Self-Harming Behaviors
Cutting
Burning
Punching
Scratching
Bone Breaking

9. Warning Signs of Self-Harming Behaviors
Small, Linear cuts
Cuts shaped like letters & words
Unexplained bruises & wounds
Reappearing cuts & scratches
Long sleeved & over-sized clothing to hide

10. BIPOLAR & MAJOR DEPRESSION
BIPOLAR DISORDER: A DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH MOOD SWINGS RANGING FROM DEPRESSIVE LOWS TO MANIC HIGHS.
MAJOR DEPRESSION: A MOOD DISORDER THAT CAUSES PERSISTENT FEELS OF SADNESS AND LOSS OF INTEREST.

11. BIPOLAR & MAJOR DEPRESSION
BIPOLAR DISORDER: A DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH MOOD SWINGS RANGING FROM DEPRESSIVE LOWS TO MANIC HIGHS.
MAJOR DEPRESSION: A MOOD DISORDER THAT CAUSES PERSISTENT FEELS OF SADNESS AND LOSS OF INTEREST.

12. Journey To My Recovery What Helped Me?
- Spirituality/ Faith
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Peer Support Group/ Therapy
- Friends, Family & Loved Ones
- Medication Management
- Individual & Family Psychotherapy
- Journaling

14. BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
BPD: EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION. A SERIOUS MENTAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY UNSTABLE MOODS, BEHAVIOR AND RELATIONSHIPS.

15. Emotional Instability Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
Common Symptoms of BPD
Black & White Thinking
Emotional Instability
Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
Identity Disturbance
Impulsive Behaviors
Suicidal & Self-Harming Behaviors

16. Risk Factors
BPD can be caused by a combination of genetic, social & psychological factors.
Risk factors include temperaments at birth, experiences occurring in childhood such as abuse & environmental influences

17. Suicide warning signs include: Self Harming
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in young people ages 15 to 24.
Suicide warning signs include:
Self Harming
Threats to hurt or kill oneself
Hopelessness
Alcohol and Drug abuse
Rage and uncontrolled anger
Withdrawing from friends & family

18. DEPRESSION is more than feeling a little bummed out!
DEPRESSION will lie to you!
DEPRESSION is not something you can just snap out of!

19. “Be happy!” “Get over it!” “You're hopeless.” “Just stop it!”
What NOT To Say!!!
“Be happy!”
“Get over it!”
“You're hopeless.”
“Just stop it!”

20. “This your life! There are no more excuses.”

22. Requirements For Support
Strength
Love
Realistic Expectations
Protecting loved ones
Preserving your emotional & mental health
Understand yourself
Practicing Mindfulness

23. Mandatory Consistency
Set & maintain healthy boundaries.
Empathy & sympathy builds trusts.
In crisis, stay calm, don't get defensive & don't take it personally.
Self-destructive acts/threats should be taken seriously & requires action.

26. FORGIVENESS FORGIVE yourself. FORGIVE those who have hurt you.
FORGIVE time.
NEVER GIVE UP the battle because you will WIN!