Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Life Unscripted has one goal - to break down stigma by sharing the inspiring stories of people living with mental illness and addiction. Shame and fear often stop people who really need help from reaching out. COVID 19 has created a mental health and addiction pandemic. For many, anxiety is now part everyday life. Alcohol and drug use has increased as people try to cope. Host Janice Arnoldi has lived with bi-polar (manic depression) disorder for more than 30 years. She has a half hour radio show and speaks regulary to groups about mental illness.
Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Faith's Compelling Story of a Lifetime of Anorexia, Anxiety and Depression
Faith Rockburne has lived with mental illness most of her life from anorexia as a teenager to severe depression as an adult.
Her depression and anxiety got worse as she got older until she stopped going out of her house and eventually lost her job.
Faith’s road to recovery has been long and difficult - anti-depressants didn’t work and after trying electro confulsive therapy – or ECT - she was told there was nothing left to try but group therapy.
She did finally find an effective medication but she says the biggest change came after she joined a peer support group.