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Lightbulb "REMOVE THE STIGMA!" ..... NKMT- No Kidding Me Too

People ARE trying to make a difference!

http://www.nkm2.org/

Founder's Message

We are mad as hell, and we're not going to take this anymore!! Please join us as we educate souls everywhere to "REMOVE THE STIGMA!"

Joe Pantoliano
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The site is full of information, it is a bit blunt, but I like that Here is what is written under their about us page.




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No Kidding, Me Too! is an organization whose purpose is to remove the stigma attached to brain dis-ease through education and the breaking down of societal barriers. Our goal is to empower those with brain dis-ease to admit their illness, seek treatment, and become even greater members of society.

The Goal

Make Brain Dis-ease cool and sexy. We want a normal conversation in America to be:

"I have bipolar disorder/schizophrenia/insert dis-ease"

"No Kidding, Me Too!"

Who Has The Stigma:

Those suffering from brain dis-eases including anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, pyromania, kleptomania, compulsive gambling, addictions, paranoia, multiple personality disorder, gender identity disorder, Down's syndrome, psychosomatic disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), tic disorders, and others.

How Will NKMT Accomplish This?

• Create strategic partnerships with members of industry, academia, organizations and government to ensure a broad-based spectrum of support and input.
• Organize the creative talents of our industry professionals to generate messages for various media and use our celebrity status to ensure these messages are heard. The messages will be of empowerment and acceptance and can include topics as basic as giving job opportunities to those with a brain dis-ease.
• Coordinate, participate in and generate interest for national and regional educational events consistent with our goal.
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Hey ! Cool !

I hate those stigmas really....

I hate the "Im depressed" and everybody looking at me like a monster feeling...

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Todays show...http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1145
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I watched today's show... I couldn't take my eyes or ears off of it....

My BF called and said... five out of five...that's you.
She was also watching...

I want to get a copy of this movie... my friend says i'm morbid... i said no, realistic and I understand where these peope were....

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I am very torn up after reading about The Bridge. I am trying very hard to be open minded......but I find I can't. I just feel so very bad for the families that lost loved ones on that film. It would destroy me to see that.

I believe with all my heart that suicide must be talked about, taken out of the darkness. I am just not sure about this being a good avenue. I know first hand that people kill themselves, I also know people are raped and murdered, I don't care to watch it though......... the thought sickens me honestly.
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((((((((((Nikki))))))))))

I understand what you are saying... I really do.

For me... I "stand", right now, where those who jumped off the bridge were standing.... I have been leaning in and out against "the rails" for a long time.

I really don't know what it is that is making me want to see this movie... but it is a powerful feeling.

I feel really bad and have a deep hurt inside of me for everyone that has ever lost someone to suicide. I do understand as much as I can.

I'm sorry if my words hurt anyone...that is the last thing I would ever want to do...

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Did you watch the parents that were left behind after the suicide loss of their daughter? I can understand those desperate thoughts but I can't understand the "action". You don't just take your own life..you ruin the lives of those people who love you....we are forever changed.

http://www.drphil.com/slideshows/sli...iew=&versionID=

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And when I listened to Dr.Phils advice to them, I was reminded of James Russell Lowells' anthem:

Your logic, my friend, is perfect,
Your moral most drearily true;
But, since the earth clashed on her coffin,
I keep hearing that, and not you.

Console if you will, I can bare it;
'Tis a well-meant alms of breath;
But not all the preaching since Adam
Has made Death other than Death.

That little shoe in the corner,
So worn and wrinkled and brown,
With its emptiness confutes you,
And argues your wisdom down.

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Sweet sweet ((Abbie)) You did not, nor could you, hurt me by simply speaking from your heart. Your heart is beautiful

((Alffe)) Yes I read everything on the site......
I couldn't agree with you words more

From Dr Phil to the parents...

“You’re trying to make sense out of nonsense because there’s no way that what she did was a rational thing to do. You’re right. It doesn’t make sense,” Dr. Phil tells the couple. “You can’t hold yourself accountable for a choice somebody else made, particularly an irrational choice that somebody else made, because then, three lives are destroyed instead of just that one.”
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3 lives were destroyed. Even if they are able to try and let go of the feelings of guilt... their lives are still destroyed. *sigh
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