The Stay In Balance Plan
“Yes, I want everyone
to learn and live by the ABC’s, but, most
importantly, to also believe we need balance in our lives,
especially those lives which are affected by mental
illness. That is the priority.”
Chris
Della
The Stay in Balance Organization
At Stay in Balance
we comfort and lend a hand to people who are affected by a
mental illness. Over the last two years, the organization
and Chris Della, the founder, have dedicated resources to
communicate with individuals, family, friends, and the
community to make BALANCE the top priority in the mental
health arena. Educating and communicating within
communities is the beginning.
What is the Stay in Balance Plan?
One in five
people is affected by mental illness; a disease that does
not discriminate, striking every economic, religious, and
ethnic group. Mental illness touches relatives, friends,
and colleagues. Mental Illness is treatable. Therefore,
Stay in Balance will join with consumers, partners,
organizations and communities to achieve three major goals:
Bring awareness and end the stigma of mental illness to
make Stay in Balance a part of every day life.
Millions
of people suffer from a disease that has them living in an
unbalanced state of mind, which isolates them from living a
life of happiness. Being diagnosed with a mental illness
will bring understanding to some, but many are not
diagnosed because their disease is a stigma in society. The
illness can be crippling to marriages, relationships,
family, and friends. Not knowing about the illness will
only worsen lives that could otherwise be and stay in
balance.
Bring compassion and understanding to a way of life
that is lived by so many, but talked among so few
By
reaching out and talking about how the illness has affected
a life, increased awareness and the feeling among consumers
can be “there is hope and I am not alone.” For
individuals to make the first step, they need to Accept,
Believe, and Commit to Change (ABCs) and know that so many
people are working to stay in balance and are successful.
An unbalanced life can get closer to balance just by having
a voice that speaks of belief and knowledge through
experience.
Bring communities together to learn the ABC’s of
balance, which will help those struggling receive the
comfort and support they so desperately need
Millions
of teenagers and young adults report experiencing weeks of
hopelessness and loss of interest in normal daily
activities. Many of these depressed teens are using
alcohol, marijuana and other drugs, making their situation
worse, thus, their life continues to be a struggle. Stay in
Balance is committed to expressing the need for an open
dialogue about mental illness, imbalance, and hope through
presentations, outreach to consumers, universities,
government, health care providers, and the wider community
to help more individuals practice the ABCs and stay in
balance.
