Here you are getting ready to do one of the most important things you could do

for yourself all day. I honor you for showing up for yourself and this is

episode 2895 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Mechley and I'm delighted to

share with you the final episode in this week's important series about caring

for your mental health and I hope you're discovering ways to calm your mind

and body so you can have a little more peace, energy and clarity each day and I

also want to share with you as I always do inside about the week's theme and

then you're guided in your daily meditation. As I did research on mental health

and I also attended a local NAMI meeting in my community last night. NAMI stands

for the National Alliance of Mental Illness. It's a national organization in the

United States with chapters in many cities so you may find one near you and this

is a great support for families and caregivers searching for ways to support

their loved ones who struggle with any kind of mental illness and this is also a

place where caregivers can connect with others and find support for themselves. It's

difficult to be a caregiver for someone who may be struggling with a mental

disorder and not even aware that there's anything going on. This is a condition

called anosignostia and it's most often prevalent in more severe types of mental disorders such as

schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. It can also happen if someone has experienced chronic insomnia

where it's been months since they've really had a good night's sleep and this is such a scary

experience because somebody who's experiencing psychosis often has no idea what they're doing. They

often have no recollection of what happened. People can also experience psychosis if they have been

exposed to high levels of THC and this is very prevalent in marijuana these days as well as

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