Understanding Mental Illness with Natasha Pierre

There are a lot of people living with mental illness. One in five Americans with mental illness delay seeking the necessary treatment because of the stigma surrounding the disability. Mental illness is a case that not everyone knows how to deal with. There are people that have mental illnesses that have side effects or symptoms as a result of that and they don’t know how to live their life with mental illness. Apart from that are the people around them, their family and their supporters. How do you support someone with a mental illness? Most often people want to shy away from this. They don’t want to deal with it not because they don’t have a heart for it, they just don’t know how. Natasha Pierre is an award-winning speaker, author, and a mental health advocate with over twenty years of lived experience. Her relatable style occupied with her first-hand understanding of various mental illnesses allows her to connect with global audiences to share the importance of self-advocacy, community support, and effective legislation.