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Support both a local Bloomington business, FreeThink, and NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness by purchasing a t-shirt or sweatshirt
(Scroll down for more information on NAMI)
All proceeds from t-shirt and sweatshirt sales will benefit NAMI Indiana, the state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
If you would like to make a donation directly to NAMI, click on the button on the right to access their donation page.
If you would like to learn more about NAMI and the resources they have to offer, click the button below to be directed to their webpage.
NAMI has resources for families and for individuals struggling with mental illnesses like depression. When I wrote the song “Lifeline,” I was imagining what I would say to my sister if she was struggling with depression and feelings of hopelessness. Listen to the song below.
The phrase on the t-shirts and the title of this website is inspired by a poem I wrote below.
Unbreak my mind.
Invisible fracture lines of the glued together thoughts.
Hold them in place so they don’t travel through space and time
to another world where broken minds exist and live happily.
Unbreak the sadness that looms and piece together the feebly flapping wings of emotion.
Catch them in a net so they don’t escape.
Unbreak the fear that invades and the panic that follows.
Find the courage to tell the voices “no, go away” and the courage
to discern your own from the crowd.
Unbreak the broken, the tattered, the discarded.
Unbreak the recycled thoughts that don’t have a home to call their own,
so they find a home in my mind.
There is room enough for us.
There is room in this unbroken mind for all.