NAMI stands for National Alliance on Mental Illnesses. NAMI is the biggest national grassroots organization that is dedicated to building better lives for those with mental illnesses. The In Our Own Voice presentation that we had watched in class is part of NAMI. What the presentation is meant to do is to eliminate the stigma that most people have about mental illnesses, and to educate about the different kinds of mental illnesses. I have never had a stigma about mental illnesses, because the majority of my family has mental illnesses. My grandmother has manic depression, bi-polar, OCD, PTSD, and panic attack disorder. My mother has Paranoia, and Panic attack disorder. My great uncle has schizophrenia. I have been around mental illnesses all
