Description
Stories reflecting the important impact other people have on our mental health, good and bad. Featuring a Warwickshire teenager dealing with the death of his paratrooper brother; a Brighton woman explains the challenges of finding love with Borderline Personality Disorder; and two British Somalian women from London, share their experience of intergenerational conversations about mental health in their community. Plus Leicester-based artist David Parkin’s musical response to recovering from clinical depression… and playing Scrabble.
Details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline
Presented and produced by Becca Bryers.
With contributions from:
Rachel Stonehouse at BBC Inside Out West
Jake Tyler at BBC Radio Sussex
Alice Williams at BBC Radio London
David Parkin
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