NAMI Oath

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

@harmonyLearninghope

@Kate

This is just what i needed to encourage self care and to promote wellness

Sign: @PeaceofMind00017

Date: 11.29.22

@Kate

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

Signed: iamnobirdje
Date: 12/11/22

I agree to the NAMI oath. Acceptnlove2. 12/29/22

@Kate NAMI called the police on me after I consulted them for a support session regarding a recent fraudulent AND exploitative illegal IC, they didn't like the idea that kidnapping and unwarranted imprisonment is a major betrayal from a well endowed "system" that says its mission is helping people. Actually it helped the system only so no wonder.

NAMI ran a support group for so-called caregivers of SZ but all I had the chance to say was that I was isolated and alone with no family of my own... and in terrible need of appropriate guidance for communication and empathy-building work with one SZ individual but instead I was ignored so they could keep rambling on about failed drugs and more drugs and out of control behavior and different drugs and I was there for one sec and then shooed away. No concept of behavior modification needs, classes for SZ behavior improvement, real therapists who did this social/psychological work...zippo. No wonder anyhow. On the "Ivory Tower" webpage I glanced up at one or two practitioners who helped schizophrenic patients in social/psychological ways. Not available to me. NO THERAPIST I could actually email, knows how to say anything but "certification", "psychiatrist" "drugs", "nuthouse", "community support" (ABSENT) and of course "good luck"...and occasionally "my fee is $250 an hour and the waiting list is 2 years and "I don't really specialize in schizophrenia but you are free to chat."

But not for $250 and a even short wait. lol

Actually I know how to help these shut down and often very simple but crazed people. Intrusive socialization including being shown how to understand stuff on a wider and wider level. "What is the title of this paragraph?"-type exercises....and "what was the guy really saying"-type exercises... and "what's the best answer to his question"-type exercises..so people can reflect from other peoples responses...how to respond. But the framework is SOLID and attention is paid to appropriate responses, the group itself will act "normal" in deciding if behavior is appropriate or not and so the feedback is growth producing. In a group setting the overall effect is more like "normal" for obvious reasons. They WATCH and HEAR one another and that always is normality-producing. They don't like the disability in each other. So they end up acting more normal. It has its effect...as well as the growing awareness of larger contexts through the practices themselves.

But as far as pulling this off with one SZ person...nada.

That's my point and that's my need. I want to find a program. How can that happen. I can't force my community to provide for this, not to be too negative. What would anyone else do? Please don't ignore this whoever sees it. Don't mean to be pushy, I'm just in a lot of pain from the betrayals and false hopes over the years and running out of steam... We are both very old. I met him on a blind date in college, and 35 years later moved into his house in a very lucky situation where I'd been made homeless. We never spoke the whole 35 year interval. We never loved one another but when some men just don't care, the door might nevertheless still be open, and I had no other options. Now I can't leave because he is very helpless and I still have nowhere else to live. Also desperately poor with very few job skills or motivation to sell myself out to what passes for this economy. I also fall asleep trying to learn stuff like "Excel". No decent job offers. I have tried 350 jobs in my life and have no work now...I cant ever find therapist for myself either.

Thanks for listening everyone.

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

Signed: TheGeminiInMe

Date: 1/14/2023

@Kate

NAMI Oath

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

Signed: ZhenaDignitate
Date: 15/01/2023

❤️ I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters. ❤️

❤️ I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness. ❤️

❤️ I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others. ❤️

❤️ I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge. ❤️

❤️ I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias. ❤️

❤️ I will encourage acceptance and understanding. ❤️

❤️ When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources. ❤️

❤️ I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health. ❤️

❤️ I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world. ❤️

❤️ I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help. ❤️

❤️ Signed: Daf8 ❤️
❤️ Date: 28/1/2023 ❤️

@KateNAMI Oath

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

Signed: AdmirableSound

https://www.7cups.com/@AdmirableSound

Date: 2023-02-08

@Kate

I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters.

I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness.

I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others.

I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge.

I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias.

I will encourage acceptance and understanding.

When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources.

I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health.

I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world.

I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help.

Signed: aspiringataraxic
Date: 2/10/2023