I’ve been apart of NAMI, The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, for going on 10 years. My brother was diagnosed with a mental illness when he was eleven, I was nine, and my mom got involved with this organization. NAMI helps individuals and families understand, cope, and live with their disorders. They provides information about all types of mental illnesses including depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, ADD, and ADHD. Being apart of this organization helped me understand the disorder that I had to live with everyday. I don’t know where me and my family would be if we didn’t have this organization.