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Chazkeinu - The Stigma of Mental Stops Here. ❤️❤️❤️

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is so much more than an organization it's really a lifeline for the members those people that unfortunately struggle and suffer so much this is their chance to be themselves often the words mental illness is understood and people conjure up in their minds something that's scary but when reality it's just someone who has a struggle that can be helped [Music] it's hard to believe that it's been over 15 years since i was first diagnosed with bipolar having a mental illness is a daily struggle constant battle that stays with us but it's just like any other illness why should mental illness come with isolation and stigma shame going through challenges with our emotions and with everything that we've gone through it's a very scary road to be on but if we know that just kane was at our side and haskino is there for us the world can be completely different all in this is our heart illness is hard it's challenging when people don't feel healthy it it changes everything and every illness needs to be supported in its own way haskenu is a great organization because it's an environment that's accepting confidential stigma free when mental illness is left untreated it's your life on your journey through treatment it's just a part of you at cascainu we celebrate all other parts of you as well with our recreational outlets of music dance comedy art culinary arts and crafts cheering the fun and friendships that ensue are the hallmarks of this casino experience meeting so many of the women through his kenu inspires me every day to see how women literally support each other have each other's back encourage each other to take another step and to move forward and not to be a victim to mental illness but to rise above prior to my justino involvement there was this heavy burden and complex i had about myself that i was inferior compared to those around me huskein totally turned that around through sharing and listening to other women share their success stories with mental health over the phone conferences class cano has been such a powerful tool of healing on my mental health journey connecting with so many others from similar backgrounds and with similar experiences normalized my experience for me i grew to accept myself and to connect with hashem on the journey that he set for me the incredible gift of josquino is that we're there for each other in such a deep personal confidential sensitive way and that's really to sum it up i would say that that is what's so amazing about josquino thank you for enabling me to enjoy my life as a mother and a wife without the negativities that used to weigh me down i feel like they have me as a sister in the family of the kenu sisterhood it says hashem comes down and he is with people that are in pain to bring in a hope to those people that are suffering this is the organization they bring in such hope and they have such an impact on those people and on those families and this has an effect of loyalties to come when a person is in pain whether it's physical pain or emotional pain what exacerbates that pain is that feeling of isolation that feeling that they're not understood that feeling of loneliness an organization like this helps people to feel less alone when you give to an organization like this not only you helping them to help other people but you're helping the organization itself not to feel like they're alone like they're doing this by themselves fewer things can be more rewarding and fewer things quite frankly are more important