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Hi Iris,
Yes, there will be new Mental Health Cafe content being posted in early October 2021 in association with the University of Toronto Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.
We will also be sharing new Family Guide “Global Mental Health” video clips, focusing on indigenous communities and their approach to community and health, and hopefully that will help inform ways to approach both individual, family and community wellness – as an introduction. We were able to film indigenous leaders from Peru, Columbia and Brasil, as well as colleagues from Spain and Italy talking about their experiences. Exciting possibilities – but time contingent as we do this as volunteers and have to work around other projects. Coming soon!
You can reach out to as at familyguidetomentalhealth@gmail.com if you want to assist or support.
Best,
Stuart Clarfield, ProducerAll you can do is encourage them to speak to the GP, any doctor really and take that first step to reach out for support. If they do that, the doors will open to counselling, or medication, or just accepting their situation and addressing it. You can seek out family support groups, to meet other folks who are going through similar things. If you let us know what region you’re in, we might be able to suggest an organization that can help.
Good luck and sorry for the delayed reply.
Hello, sorry to the late reply. I believe anxiety disorder can pass through phases, where its intense for a while, then dissipates and disappears. Where are you located? Maybe we can suggest a support organization where you can get more information and hopefully groups or support.
Hello Don,
I am not sure where you are located, but if you are in Canada or Ontario, CMHA have local offices with family groups where you can meet with other families and parents specifically that have faced similar situations. One key issue is whether your daughter acknowledges her own situation and is getting support. They might give her guidance that will help her manage with more time – both in terms of understanding what’s going on, and any medication she may be now taking. I do think hearing from other parents’ will help. FAME is another organization with offices around the GTA region where you can meet up with other families. I hope that helps a bit.
Did you find caring for yourself was helpful in interacting with your loved one?
For me, it’s been 10 years since my Dad passed away and almost 20 years since my Mom passed. I have learned a lot about them since they’ve been gone. My Dad had to care for my Mom, make a living, take care of a home, and be parent to 4 kids when my Mom suffered from depression for a number of years when I was a kid. I couldn’t understand just how much stress and worry, anxiety and heart-ache must have been involved, yet he could not quit, likely had no one who understood what he was going through. I truly have no idea how he did it. Eventually, he had a heart problem towards the end of it and ended up in hospital recuperating for a few months. It was his only respite in caregiving over a period of many years. He somehow made it. I had no idea what the load must have been like for him until almost 30 years later. Sadly, as young person, both my Mom and Dad experienced the mental illness of their own parent. So I honour them – for what they endured as young people and later as parents. What a load to carry, but they made it. Thank you for enduring, for us and for yourselves. When no one really understood what you were going through. I know a little more, now – decades later. SGC.