Reading or listening to the real experiences of others can help us understand, come to terms with and successfully live with our own mental health difficulties. It helps us to know that we are not alone in having to contend with such difficulties.
Each member of the team that researched and wrote this Guide was invited to share some of their own experiences with you.
Lindy Herrington and Denis Welch have written a short account of their experiences and Eileen Heaton has chosen a piece of her own art which she feels expresses her feelings and difficulties more appropriately than she could do in words.
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