Share Your Experience

It’s important for people living with mental health issues to know that they are not alone. Sharing a story about your experience or that of a loved one with a mental health challenge will provide encouragement and support to others.

The following is a guide to help you share your experience:

  • Give your name (you don’t need to use your real name unless you want to).

  • Describe who you are, what you do and a little bit about yourself.

  • Share how you are affected by mental illness. Are you living with mental illness, a family member, a caregiver?

  • What happened before you received any help you needed? What were the signs and symptoms experienced?

  • Describe what treatments or therapies didn’t help

  • Describe what helped in your recovery (or would have helped)

  • Share what is going right in your life now and how you are experiencing recovery