panic, worry and isolation: Consumer/survivor/ex-patient (c/s/x) community share... “hard won expertise”

From the Narrative Therapy crew... down under:

Lived wisdom on panic, worry and isolation:

Stories to support the community amid the COVID-19 crisis, from mental health service users, survivors and ex-patients.

...  Many of the experiences commonly navigated by folks who have had some experiences with mental distress mirror some of what’s going on around COVID-19, experiences that might be called panic or worry, which for many in the world may be new. These characters seem to be present in most media descriptions of the public right now as well as increasing instances of strongly enforced isolation. The latter many of us who have had contact with mental health services have experienced along a spectrum from discrimination induced lack of social contact to full on compulsory treatment, these are very different to what’s going on for folks self isolating.

So we called out for contributions of special knowledges around these things from our c/s/x community. This document contains the wisdom of thirty people’s experience with panic worry and isolation. ...

Here is the document link: https://dulwichcentre.com.au/l...qn-ETpDPBhgcFXpzmc6M