This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week 2022.
Here is an overview from NAMI
Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. However, mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers. Mental health conditions are important to discuss year-round, but highlighting them during Mental Illness Awareness Week provides a dedicated time for mental health advocates across the country to come together as one unified voice. Since 1990, when Congress officially established the first full week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week, advocates have worked together to sponsor activities, large or small, to educate the public about mental illness.
To that end here are several examples of people living with mental illness:
Depresh Mode with John Moe: Honest, humane conversations with top artists, entertainers, and experts about what it’s like to live with an interesting mind. No shame, no stigma, and more laughs than you might expect from a mental health podcast. (I recommend this podcast because it covers a really surprisingly wide range of experiences)
And here are a selection of individuals who have spoken up about mental health
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