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Tessa’s Story Tessa tells her story 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.Read more

Kay’s Story Kay tells her story of how mental illness affected her daughter and her “I guess I was a bit scared because I didn’t really know much about mental illness. 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 tells her story of how mental illness 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 IRead more

Sharon’s Story Sharon tells her story of how mental illness 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 behindRead more

COPMI WA COPMI WA is a network of families, professionals and organisations committed to raising awareness of the needs of children and families where a parent has a mental illness and improving their access to information, resources and support services. Bringing together organisations to support collaboration to better understand and respond to the needs of childrenRead more

Judith’s Story Judith tells her story of how mental illness 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 aboutRead more

Catherine’s Story Catherine tells her story of how mental illness 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 placeRead more

Courtney’s Story Courtney tells her story of how mental illness 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. I labored for my kids but I have no love. My wholeRead more