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<div>As some of you may know May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
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<div>Brain and behavior disorders affect one in five people. Many of you may
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<div>have had experiences with friends or family that had some form of a
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<div>mental disorder. For decades these diseases have not received the
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<div>appropriate amount of attention needed to generate proper funding to
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<div>conduct the necessary research to develop more effective treatment
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<div>options.
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<div>Mental illness is something we often cannot physically see; therefore, it
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<div>is often dismissed or attributed to some other personality flaw/trait.
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<div>My family, like millions of others, were not aware of the signs,
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<div>symptoms, and red flags of this mental illness. This disease was able to
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<div>exist within my immediate family for far too long before we were able to
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<div>identify that something was wrong. Unfortunately, by the time we did
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<div>realize it and began exploring treatment options, a great amount of
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<div>irreparable damage had already occurred.
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<div>I will forever be plagued with questions that cannot be answered. To a
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<div>certain degree, I will never forgive myself for not realizing the
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<div>magnitude of the situation developing right beside me. I lost my brother
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<div>and best friend to mental illness. It is something I hope none of you will
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<div>ever have to experience. While I cannot change the past, I hope to help
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<div>build a brighter future for those who suffer from this disease.
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<div>Over the last few years, mental health has finally been getting the
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<div>recognition it deserves. The new dynamic approaches of treatments
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<div>offer new hope for people who suffer from a wide variety of mental
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<div>illnesses. As with any disease as complicated as this, there is still much
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<div>more research to be done.
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<div>Every May for the rest of my life I will help raise awareness and/or
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<div>funds to donate to a mental health charity. The Brian and Behavior
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<div>Research Foundation is a great organization. 100% of their donations go
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<div>to research grants distributed to the leading scientists around the world.
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<div>Thank you for taking the time to read my story and support this great cause!
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<div><a href="https://www.bbrfoundation.org/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbrfoundation.org/</a>
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Make an impact.