My Family, Mental Illness, and Me
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Conversations about parental mental illness, with Dr Pamela Jenkins. Our Time is a UK charity dedicated to supporting children and young people affected by parental mental illness. If you would like to support children and young people who are living with parental mental illness, please consider making a donation at www.ourtimecharity.org.uk/donate If you are affected by anything you hear in this podcast, there are people you can talk. Talk to your GP, or reach out to the Samaritans for confidential, emotional support, visit www.samaritans.org Please note that this podcast contains discussions of subjects that some may find upsetting, including suicide. We recommend this podcast for ages 16+
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James Longman
Please be aware that this episode contains references to suicide. James Longman is an award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent for US Network ABC News. Writing a book about his father’s schizophrenia and eventual suicide taught him about his genetic predisposition to inheritin
Carly Foxx
Sydney born DJ and producer Carly Fox moved to London alone at 19. An only child, who grew up while her mother grappled with bipolar and complex PTSD, Carly reflects on her early years on a council estate and knowing all there was to know about her mothers’ mental illness. To find out m
Our Time Showcase - Sophie Duke, Chair, and ambassador Aymen
In this special episode we hear from Our Time’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, Sophie Duke, and charity ambassador Aymen. In this episode, Sophie shares her own story, recounting what felt like an overnight change in her mother’s bipolar disorder. Using her experience to fuel the help of others, So