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
Find Possibilities And Hope From Personal Stories About Mental Health
Tara Mckendrick is Executive Director of Canadian mental health association Niagara. Taratalks about CMHA Niagara crisis services and also help define what is a crisis. Like most communities Niagara has a homeless and addiction crisis but Tara says we can’t just look at solving the problem, we have to find out the story of how a person got to where they are. It will help people think about possibilities and maybe find hope.
Canadian Mental Health Association Niagiara: https://niagara.cmha.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association National: https://cmha.ca
If you are having thoughts of suicide call or text 9-8-8 The Suicide Crisis Help Line