Unique mindz Atl is a mental health organization that provides group meetings to those with mental health diagnoses. Need to share and get it off your chest? This is the place to be. Need prayer? This is the right place to come. Want fellowship and support? Again Unique Mindz Atl is right where you need to be. I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder in 2005, and started treatment in 2008 when I had an episode on the MARTA train in Atlanta Georgia, rapping Souljah Boy and cursing out an elderly woman, amongst other shocking things. Since then I have become a mental health advocate, talking to others about my story and also listening ear to others tell their stories. I have 15 years of experience of using group therapy, therapy, psychiatry and taking medications and sharing my story to anyone that wants to hear.
My story is one of healing and success and that is what I bring to the table. I have gone through a complete transformation and I am not finished growing yet. There is so much yet to complete and accomplish from the inside out. Life is a journey and I would like to share that journey with you.
Group meetings at Unique Minds Atl are all about renewing your mind, which is changing the way that you think, in order to get different results. It’s also about rewriting the script that your mind has been trained to think and choosing to walk in a different direction.
Why choose Unique Mindz Atl? It is necessary to awaken to who you truly are, believe the reflection of who you are and walking into the purpose that Your Higher Being/ God/ Divine Presence called for you.
Group meetings are held every Tuesday from 5pm-7pm. You must register to attend.
About Nafiza Patterson ( aka Soldier Girl)
Here are her words: “I was diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder in 2005 and later with Schizo-Affective Disorder in 2008. It’s been a long ride and a tough journey, but I’m still here.
I used to struggle with severe mood swings, hearing voices, and seeing things. I used to have a low self-image of myself. I used to be depressed all the time and I did not have a vision for myself. I used to be a very negative person too, always speaking badly about myself and other people. I did not see a way out. I hated taking my medications and hated my life. I thought that I was cursed, but things did change for me!
I learned to put God first and to take my medications. I also learned to motivate myself. I read Bible Scriptures on who God said that I was and I meditated on them every day until I believed them! I started to believe that I was special and that I was a child of God.
I learned to believe that the medications that I had to take was God’s way of healing me and that I needed to take them for the rest of my life. I started seeing my illness and my medications as something special that God was doing for me!
I read scriptures on Love and I learned how much God loved me and how much I needed to love myself, so I started to learn how to love myself and motivate myself and my life started to turn around. I put positive affirmations all around the house and I started to believe that I was born to be great.
Once I changed the images that I was seeing, my thoughts started to change and my life started to change! I became and better person, for myself and then for others.
I was called to motivate others. One Day I woke up and I was so full of inspiration,
My life has not been the same since then I am happier, I have a purpose in life, and I am having fun. Life is not always easy, but with a little faith you can move mountains. That’s what I did. I am no longer the negative, bad mood person that I used to be. Changes happened to me and they will happen to you also, you just have to open up and believe who God called you to be and start to walk in your purpose.