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Talk to someone who understands   We understand the value of a lived experience and employs Carer Peer Support Workers to support individuals who care for someone experiencing mental health challenges. Our Carer Peer Support Workers have gone through most of what you are going through and are ready to provide comfort and advice toRead more

Tessa’s Story Tessa’s story tells of how mental illness affected her “I think when I was just entering becoming a teenager, I started developing depression and anxiety. I think the hardest thing is knowing that you really want to be able to fix it, you really want to be able get out of it. YouRead more

Kay’s Story Kay tells her story of how mental challenges affected her daughter and her “I guess I was a bit scared because I didn’t really know much about mental challenges. The hardest was taking over looking after the kids which was just thrust on to me. It had a big impact on me likeRead more

Melanie’s Story Melanie’s story tells how mental challenges affected her and her family  In my teenage years I noticed that my family members were a bit concerned about experiences that I was having so I was quite young at the time. Having these experiences needing to go and see professionals meant that I wasn’t ableRead more

Sharon’s Story Sharon’s story tells how mental challenges affected her family  “Other people look at the person that’s got the illness and say “but there’s nothing wrong with them”, and then you try and explain it and they go, “but she is never like that” and you go “you don’t see what’s behind closed doors”.Read more

COPMI WA Living with and caring for someone experiencing mental health challenges can be very difficult, especially for children that may not yet fully understand what their mums or dads are going through. To emotionally, mentally and physically help children in these challenging times, COPMI was created as a national initiative funded by the AustralianRead more

Courtney’s Story Courtney’s story tells how mental challenges affected her and her family I was concerned about my mental health because I’ve got children to raise & I want them to be happy and healthy. I hated myself, hated the world.  And I labored for my kids but I have no love. My whole lifeRead more

Judith’s Story Judith’s story tells how mental challenges affected her and her family I used to do some terrible things, I would go into the kids bedrooms and rant & rave etc. I went into my daughters room one day and I found a little note where she had written some things about me andRead more

Catherine’s Story Catherine’s story tells how mental challenges affected her family and her as a carer “When you have a diagnosis for someone you love, especially a child it’s awful… you just want to deny it – it’s just not possible. Having a person in your life that was all over the place emotionally actuallyRead more