Be Aware Campaign For Mental Illness

There is a new campaign that started recently, by a just graduated high school student, called Be Aware for raising awareness about mental illnesses and ending the stigma (mark of shame) regarding it. Their website is http://www.beaware-campaign.org/, their blog is http://www.beawarecapaign.wordpress.com/  and facebook page is www.facebook.com/BeAware.EndTheStigma.


The first of its kind in Kuwait and the Middle East. We really need awareness for this issue because mental illness affects anyone at any age and any background.

I have someone very dear to me who suffers from bipolar disorder. On the right meds they are perfectly normal and highly productive. Without the meds they can be awake for days, hallucinate, be a danger to themselves, do and say some very strange and scary things.