Securing teen mental health resources with NAMI [Video]

PHOENIX — At 25-years-old, Corinn Cook, had never experienced any mental health issues. However, one day at work she began experiencing a severe anxiety attack and realized something was wrong.

“I felt myself float out of my body,” she said. “It floored me, it terrified me, I didn’t realize what was happening to me at the time and because it happened at my job I lost my job because of it.”

Instead of talking about it, Cook went silent. She knew she probably needed help but didn’t get it for fear of what others may think or say. She says she felt very isolated.

“I felt more shame and more guilt about having this mental illness,” she said. “Not knowing where to go, feel so alone I used …