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Resilience

"It was in these seemingly small breakthroughs and tiny glimpses of progress that my hope and faith began to be restored."

By Rebecca Galli
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The moral of my journey is that you have to feel your pain to grow from it.”

By Julia Stubstad
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Health, Illness & Injury

“When people show signs of giving up, that’s actually when they need you the most.”

By Paraag Marathe
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Health, Illness & Injury

Finding new appreciation for Mother's Day after illness

By Jennifer Holmstoen Lee
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Health, Illness & Injury

“We are not defined by what happens to us, but by how we choose to respond.”

By Turia Pitt
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Option B means realizing that you’re reinventing yourself. There’s no rule book. There’s no guide. It’s about going back to life”

By Allen Rucker
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Health, Illness & Injury

The New Year is a time for hope, even after tragedy

By Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly
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Health, Illness & Injury

The holidays are hard if you struggle with mental illness—don’t blame yourself

By Kesha
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The hardest part was realizing that my life would be put on pause.”

By Layth Ramatala
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Health, Illness & Injury

“What would you do if you knew that tomorrow you would no longer be healthy?”

By PAULA ALVES
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The attitude we bring to the table, our coping ability, and our future, is completely within our control.”

By Mamta Shah
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Health, Illness & Injury

Remembering with my mom, through her Alzheimer’s

By Heather Oglesby
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Health, Illness & Injury

“We continued to thrive to the extent possible because an army of loved ones held us fast through the tortured holiday season.”

By John Duberstein
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Health, Illness & Injury

"Now I feel like forever moving forward I will be more capable of 'showing up' for those who need me."

By Hilary Weisfeld
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Personal selfishness is remembering that your needs are just as important as everyone else's.”

By Teigan Jane
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Health, Illness & Injury

“One cannot change the situation just by crying or worrying … one has to take real steps toward changing it.”

By Rupali Deshpande Awekar
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Health, Illness & Injury

Grief may change some holiday traditions, but you can create new ones

By Robin Roberts
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Health, Illness & Injury

“My greatest joy now is just being able to wake up in the morning. On August 5, 2012, I wasn't so sure that would happen.”

By Brian Murphy
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Health, Illness & Injury

“My grandma told me that once I shake someone’s hand, my disability goes away.”

By Kyle Maynard
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Health, Illness & Injury

“We’ve learned to ride the waves when the seas are the rockiest.”

By Sarah Hart
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Health, Illness & Injury

“If someone tells me, ‘That’s impossible,’ then I want to prove them wrong.”

By Tim Chambers
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Every time I was told, ‘No, you can’t do this,’ I’d think, ‘How can I turn that ‘no’ into a ‘yes’ ’?”

By Jessica Goldman Foung
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Health, Illness & Injury

"I wasn’t afraid of my pain anymore, and that newfound courage permeated every facet of my life."

By Stefan Weiner
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Health, Illness & Injury

“I want to turn my experience into something positive for others.”

By Cherizza Lundy
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Health, Illness & Injury

“I am living proof that you can emerge from the other side of post-natal depression.”

By Angie O'Reilly
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Health, Illness & Injury

“I took a deep breath and did not harm myself that night. Running saved my life.”

By Jackson K
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Happiness is not something given to you or earned; it is something you decide.”

By Jennifer Hahne
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Health, Illness & Injury

“I have a newfound appreciation for the little things I took for granted because Avery has to work twice as hard to do them.”

By Laura Gordon
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The most important thing I’ve learned about depression is to just keep going, no matter how hard it seems.”

By Dior Vargas
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Resiliency is not about how you bounce back from a single event; it is how you respond to the challenges that life presents.”

By Ila Eckhoff
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”

By Kevin Johns
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Battle scars make you realize how precious and valuable life really is.“

By Terry Healey
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Health, Illness & Injury

“My diagnosis was a turning point.”

By A'Driane Nieves
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Art helps me go to safe places.”

By Clyde R. Horn
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Accepting, not resisting ourselves and our experiences, actually allows for the release in the present moment.”

By Corinne Marie
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Health, Illness & Injury

NAMI Online Discussion Groups

Discussion groups for those who have been affected by mental illness.

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Health, Illness & Injury

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group

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Peer-led support group for people living with a mental health condition.

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Health, Illness & Injury

NAMI Conexión

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Spanish-language peer-led support group for people living with a mental health condition.

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Health, Illness & Injury

Living with Health Challenges

Whether it's an unexpected diagnosis, mental health concerns, or an ongoing disability, dealing with health challenges can be scary and isolating. Here you'll find others who understand what you're going through.

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Grief & Loss

“My dad discovered he had a son less than a minute before he discovered he had lost his son.”

By Byron Auguste
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Sheryl Sandberg and Lee Woodruff: A Conversation on Recovery and Resilience

Lee Woodruff’s husband, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, was critically injured on assignment in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in 2006. Sheryl Sandberg and Lee Woodruff discuss resilience and how the Woodruff family has made the most out of Option B.

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