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Shelly’s Story Shelly tells her story of how mental illness affected her and her family “When I first started feeling sick, and not able to cope I was ashamed to tell people that I was struggling. Mental health has such a stigma on it, that it really does feel like you are alone some daysRead more

Terry’s Story Terry talks about how mental health issues affected his whole family “Shelley used to self harm. One day she just had a complete breakdown she just stopped functioning as a person – she just stopped. And it was like holy crap, what do we do now? Like where do I go?  What do IRead more

Robinsons Kid’s Story The Robinson Kids talk about how mental health issues affected their whole family “I think the hardest thing was when Mum kept on staying in bed and when we got home from school we would have to run around and get stuff for her. I would get the other two up for schoolRead more

Tanya’s Story Tanya talks about how mental health issues affected her family “I noticed that he started to change two years ago and I watched him all the time and then it was around Christmas time, in December that he had a bad episode and he was admitted to the hospital. I just broke down, I couldn’tRead more

Vicky’s Story Vicky talks about how it is for her as a mental health carer “Somedays it’s a grind, somedays it easy.   But he has sleep apnea, heart problems, diabetes, blood pressure. There is a list of things that you have to combat everyday. I think people just don’t understand what’s involved with being aRead more

Regional Stories Arnold's Story Terry's Story Robinson Family Story Neenya's Story If you or someone close to you is affected by a mental health condition and would like to have a chat or find out more about the free services available for you please get in touch below or free call us on 1800 811Read more