I'm a mother of two beautiful daughters. My youngest, Katie, is 5 and oldest, Kayla, is 15. My oldest suffers from a severe mental illness and has tried to commit suicide many times. As a parent, it's very hard for me to see her go through this. Most of the time I feel helpless, so I've decided to advocate for Kayla, and for all who suffer from mental illness, by helping to REMOVE the STIGMA that is associated to it. I thought starting a blog would help me have an outlet for the stress that comes with parenting a specially needs child, and hopefully, maybe, I can find other parents who also have mentally ill children and we can support one another. I also want to reach out to anyone who has a mental illness themselves, or has someone with a mental illness in their family and especially those who want to learn about mental illness, because what you see on TV is not real. My goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to do my part in stopping the stigma associated with mental illness, because when we do that, more people will be able to get the help they deserve and need.

http://nomentalshame.com/