Mental Health
SEPTEMBER 2019
"I’m 10 years old, and I can’t eat..."
Sybil was tortured by her mum. She developed 16 personalities to protect herself.
'I don't cover up the scars from my cancer. But I felt shame about my mental illness.'
"We will always miss you." Danny Frawley's wife shares her final memories of her late husband.
TULLY SMYTH: 'While my mum was battling dementia, I was looking after everyone but myself.'
"I've always let my son have 'mental health days', because emotional health is as important as grit."
MEL GREIG: 'To everyone who answered no when asked "RUOK?" yesterday.'
In 2009, Gavin Larkin created R U OK? Day. Three years later, he died from bone cancer.
"Please tell my mum I'm sorry." The call that reminded me to always ask my friends R U OK?
'I remember the terrified look.' Exactly what it's like to experience a psychotic episode.
'It took my husband 7 years to tell me about his severe PTSD. Now I understand why.'
"Which clothes will be safest? None will be safest. I know that." This is my brain on OCD.
'I was so sick I needed a post-it note to remember to pick up my baby.'
‘I was diagnosed with bipolar. Then I was refused the medication to treat it.’
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