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newsletter or the programme to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness

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Education is one o the best ways

o countering stigma and in turn

sel stigma. Through education, it

can be shown that mental illness is

not something to be ashamed o;

it is something that can happen to

anyone at any time in lie, through

no ault o their own. It does not

defne who we are, or what we can

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Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011

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tht yu my n yu wn nw t

yu thugh th ticl in thi

iu.

T rch cnuct t th Like

Minds gmm h cnitntly

hwn tht n th mt ctiv

ttgi in cunting tigm n

icimintin uuning mntl

illn i cntct, mningul

intctin, btwn l with

xinc mntl illn n th

withut.

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b bn wn, ulting in l

n nxity un mntl illn n

th wh xinc it. F th wh

xinc mntl illn, hing thi

xinc n litning t th ti

th with xinc mntl

illn cn b n imtnt t n th

t cvy, hling t cunt

l-tigm ( hwn in th Like Minds,

Like Mine ch jct FightingShadows).

T Th cunt ntinl ln h th

ultimt utcm t n iniviul,

gnitinl n citl lvl. Thy

:

1. pviing tuniti cntct

with l with xinc

mntl illn

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gnitin n cmmuniti nt

t icimint

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uctin n tining

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in th ln t hl chiv th

utcm: ch t inc

lhi by l with xinc

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gnitinl tigm n

icimintin; mi w; cic

ch Mi; ch

cic ultin gu incluing

pcic; ch t

intnli tigm; w with tn

n lli.

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ut th gmm n ch

n vlutin inming n hing

nging gmm livy.

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bn numb ucc tht hl

ut th utcm. sm

th inclu: Numerousawardsforregional

jct n ntinl cmign

uch 2008 CaaNZ Gl eFFIe

th sutin succ th

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vtiing cmign. ph 4tu auby Quinn n h 5

tu Mi ( g 5) n

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(www.ixinxingng.g.nz)

g 8.

Completionoffourresearch

jct: I havent told them, they

havent asked (2008) Fighting

Shadows (2008), Walk a Mile in

Our Shoes (2010) n yuth-lch jct n th ct

tigm (2010).

jsm th gmm ucc

hv l t th intting inititiv.

Fighting Shadows, xml, hl

gnt Stepping out o the Shadows,

b but l-tigm wittn nuc by tngt whi.

an, whil nt Like Minds un

jct, th Mntl Hlth Funtin

inititiv, th Nutt Club, h bth

ut n bn ut by th

w th Like Minds gmm.

Th Nutt Club riLIVe i hw

n Mi TV i, wll th

Nutt Club Fcb g, ctn Twitt hv llw l t

h thi wn xinc with th

in nvinmnt. sm th

i n TV hw gut hv bn

m shtln stt t Nicl

kwn n pt ellitt, hin

ign dni Letng-Cbt n

muic lgn Mi Chunn. rcntly

th Nutt Club wn 2010 Mi

o Mui o rct Tii aw

hving lici n cu thtfct whnu .

Thi tunity might nt hv xit

i it h nt bn th w th

Like Minds gmm.

a Nutt Club i n TV hw

ht Mi king y, It but li

it lly i. Whn yu ctully h

mn hing thi ty n thy

nly mit t hving blm n

bing fw, yu hv light bulb

mmnt. Yu tt liing, hmmm,

tht un jut li m.

s, njy ing th llwing ticl

in thi cil iu. Thy jut

mll xml th mny wnul

l n jct un Nw

Zln tht ming th inc

t cunt tigm n icimintin

cit with mntl illn.

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Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011 3

Ti o i th mt humn gnitin it i cil,

nn-jugmntl lc, whichh bn vy g m.Jm king

pinting w nt mthing tht

Jm king (Tinui Ngti Mhut,

Twharetoa) h cni ting u,

until h w ign with in

in 2007. Nw it giv him n t

gt u in th mning.

H y, pinting h l t

mntbl n mubl bnt

in my hlth. I mthing int

jut itting wn n wtching

tlviin.

Th tit (n m bct) i

n m thn 130 l wh ttn

cl t Ti o Liv at Tut in

aucln, which w t u in 1995

cnum-ivn cmmunity t cnt

l with xinc mntl

illn. It tui c, ucn mtil t it mmb.

With th ut th Ti o tm

I'v h w hitlitin n

vl m cnitnt hbit,

Jm y.

Jm cntly hl hi t l

xhibitin, Lv Ltt Bmb t Ti

o glly in Gy Lynn. pminnt

thm Jm ch t int

inclu litic, city, th lc th iniviul, m ch n

ychlgicl w.

J sinc hi igni in 2007, Jm h

tvll hi wn t wlln. H

y tht ming mit lng th

wy h bn imtnt in hling him

ln wht w bt him.

Th l littl thing uch ,ing yu ct qutin

tht yu ully inm but ny

mictin, n mmbing t t

gully i yu hv nth illn

uch ibt.

Jm t ti t th wh my b

xincing mntl illn i t t

u mthing tht int t chllnging,

n which t yu ut th l-

inulgnt ntu yu illn.

F Jm thi i inting, but h l

wl th nighbu g, hl tch

chiln t , n viit hi mily.

D

Jm h c icimintin n int cnvinc tht bing n but

mntl illn i lwy g i.

It i imtnt t b n with yul

n th clt t yu, but bing

n cn b ubl-g w,

ticully with l yu nt nw

wll, wh nt untn mntl

illn.

H bliv l n gnitin

icimint gint th xincingmntl illn numb n.

pul cultu h n lt t uh

th ntin tht l with mntl

illn ngu. sm l

nt nw hw t ct t l

with mntl illn, ticully whn

tht n i unwll. oth thin it

might b cntgiu, h y. an

buin will icimint bcu

thy thin th mly might bhvincnitntly ct thm m in

tm hlth iu.

B Jm h ignnt vic l

wnting t ut iniviul

xincing mntl illn.

B th chllng. evn

thugh yu might lv n ct th

n, thy I hv - my uh thi

in n lv n t th bin

wh tht lv n ut my lt.

H i l hul l b w

tht cvy my b lw n th

cn b cunc.

F th with in, th might

lwy b blc clu hving. s yu

n t b th l whn thing

g wy n whn thing g.

onging cnnctin, ltinhi

with l, imtnt.

T Jm i bing cul t t ht-

tm, living-in-th-mmnt gl. s

Im cncntting n th nt ththn ling t h.

H w hy with hi t xhibitin.

Nw h i wing tw cn

xhibitin chul Th dt in

dvnt in th t hl 2011.

By Geoff Mein, Cate Hennessy

Last July, Aucklands Toi Ora Live Art Trust

won Arts Access Aotearoas Big A Creative

Space Award. Go to www.toiora.org.nzformore information about Toi Ora Live Art

Trust.

J K

T O L A T E Ab, , J K .

P: A CHb
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RETHiNK Theatre Challenge lets go M.a.D


For more inormation

contact Adam Fresco, email

[email protected] or

call (09) 8176176.

Stay tuned to

www.rethinkgrant.co.nz

or news about the 2011

grants, which opened or

applications on 1 February.

The Mind and Body, Like Minds, Like

Mine inaugural RETHiNK Theatre

Challenge (www.rethinkgrant.co.nz)

M.a.D ran in Auckland on 9 and 10October during the 2010 Mental Health

Awareness Week.

In a special season o our sold-out

shows, 400 to 500 people rethought

their ideas, prejudices, and attitudes

towards mental illness.

M.a.D Theatre was the brainchild o

Adam Fresco, rom DramaTrain.co.nz

and the Titirangi Theatre Company, who

applied or and received unding romthe RETHiNK Grant.

The rst step or Fresco and his

colleagues was challenging members

o the community to write an original

ten-minute theatre script exploring the

theme madness is a matter o degree.

The project had to reach an Auckland

audience, but scripts could come rom

anywhere in the world. Ater the ten

most suitable scripts were chosen,teams o volunteer actors and directors

were then given just 24 hours in which

to workshop them or perormance.

The nal outcome was a series o

short, sharp, exciting and innovative

theatre pieces that conronted peoples

preconceptions o mental illness.

Taimi Allan, who leads Mind and Bodys

Like Minds team, says, Without a

doubt, this was the most exciting

project I have ever been a part o.

It mixed my two passions in lie

perormance and the promotion o

mental health. It was an incredible

success and I believe it set the

benchmark or projects that seek

radical social change.

Grant Cooper, the Mental Health

Foundations Like Minds mental health

promoter rom Christchurch was

present over the weekend and says,

The need or attitudes to change,

and the opportunity to be part o the

change, was the driving orce behind

their participation.

I hope people take on the message

that mental illness is simply part o lie,

not to be eared or ignored, but to be

acknowledged and honoured.

Adam agrees, adding that because

many o the writers, actors and

directors have personal experience o

mental illness and recovery, it kept

the audience guessing who the normal

ones are and rethinking just what is

normal anyway?

Adam says, This project was aimed to

directly challenge taboos, myths and

ctions surrounding mental illness in

an accessible and thought-provoking

manner.

The beautiul thing about using

theatre is that we could increase

understanding, dispel misconceptions

and encourage community engagement

under the guise o entertainment and

have lots o un in the process!

By Cate Hennessy

10-mnu pys

Sticks, Stones and the R-Word by

Dr Dan Tomasulo one o Americas

most eminent psychodrama specialists,

who visited New Zealand to see the show

and later shared his refections on

American website Psych Central.

(http://tinyurl.com/2aa6qep)

Sick by Bob Baker, England co-writer

o Dr Who, K9 and Wallace & Gromit

Bureau-crazy by Miriam Barr, NZ

The Indoctrinati by Steve Carter and

Ciaran Fox, NZLet's Go Crazy!by Susie Crooks, NZ

Beautiful Minds by Luke Derrick, NZ

SIS: Suffering In Silence by Alison

Freeman, Scotland

Terry Lightens Up by Jacquie Kidd, NZ

Synchronicityby David Lee, China/NZ,

Trans: Ivan Yeo & Gerry Masters, NZ,

Adapted by Venus Stevens, NZ

The Problems with Me by Lynz

Wilmshurst, NZ

Audn on

Each and everyone o the plays helped

me to develop my thoughts about mental

ill health that I oten acknowledge but

don't have the words to explain the

plays acted out those thoughts in such

clever ways and with just the right

amount o comic relie too. I think the

plays also gave me the strength tothink about the way in which I have not

conronted my own, and my partners,

experiences with mental unwellness

I ound it extraordinary that

over sixty people volunteered

to be a part o the event. The

initial passion o the ew lit the

imagination o the many! Grant

Cooper, Like Minds mental

health promoter, Christchurch.
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My nm i Mi Mi (Nguhi

nui tnu n rtngn). Yu might

hv n m in n th ltt Like

Minds, Like Mine vtimnt m

th B Th, sty Invlv cmign.

I w light t hv bn ic t

tu in th n culnt bliv

tht I w n th chn w.

Bing lm w int. I i nt

li hw much w i invlv

bhin th cn. at t I un I lt

vwhlm. It w nv-cing. I

un myl cntntly ling in th

mi, chcing my nc i I

w ging n mntic t.

Nw I cm c l n th

tt tht y, Yu tht chic n

th . Uully Iv ty in th

bcgun, but Iv tt ling

m cmtbl. s whn thy

qutin uch Wht cn w ?

Wh cn w g hl? I will

vic.

B , Wht mtivt m t t u th

chllng w my bt in T

Mtngi (Nguhi nui tnu n TAupuri)whomIwanttoacknowledge.

sh t by m n ut m

lng th wy.

sh min m wh I m n hl

m icv myl gin. sh wul

viit m gully n w wul n

tim tgth. Mt ll h tt

m li n qul.

Bcu th w cu n ut

uti mily, th ty myinhi with T Mtngi jut lt ight

t m.

M M

My immit mily nw m wll

n th bt thy cn t ut m.

Thy light but m bing in

th .

My mum i my numb n n wh i

lwy th whn Im in b lc. I

hv yung ught wh i ight y

l, wh cuntly liv with h th.

sh i n nmu t my cvy

n why I ty my bt t mintin my

wlln.

all my ibling utiv m. My

bth j with m n ncug

m t ty invlv. My mily

cmmnt, Yu l lly butiul. I

li hw imtnt in n mily

n hw tunt I m.

Rsinc I h n i unwlln, it

h ctully t my li ut m. I

un ut tht I h m lly cil

n gnuin in. Fin li T

Mtngi wh h bn, n I h lwy

will b, th m.

I wnt t mhi tht cvy i

ibl. My in n mily hv

h hug n itiv imct n my

cvy. Bing t my lwt int n

nwing tht cvy i ibl, I hv

bn bl t mv w n liv

uccul li.

Nw tht I l wll, Im y t t

u n mv w. I m cuntly

wing pthwy Tut p

sut scilit. W h givn m

ily utin n tht i uul.

Th pthwy jb citin

n with liv xinc mntl

illn, which cib m. I thught it

w unny tht yu hv t b czy t

hv my jb.

Whn I tt wing h I un it

mtinlly n mntlly ining t

tim, but it i lnihing in nth

n. I l li I m ying it w,

n witning th l m

g ll m with ngy.

Ling bc, thi i th t tim I

hv v xinc th nc

cnnc n it l incibl. I l

btt nw thn I v hv. aWesoMe

ini n ut!

By Makiroa Maropai, Ruth Jackson

My bt in T Mtngi min m whI m n hl m t icv myl gin.

MakIroa MaropaI

M M() b T M.


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My nm i Mi. In Nvmb 2003,

I w ign with bil ctiv

i. svn y g, i yu tl

m I w ic I wul nt hv bliv

yu. I wul m vy xcu un

th un my ty-tuvy lityl. I

wul hv un wy

I lnt t liv with my iy bhviu,

mny ning, high, lw, cying

myl t l vy night. pnic

ttc w n vyy ccunc.

Thn nlly mn ctully c

nugh t gt m m hl.

I h nv h lithium, bil

i mnic in. a

I w cncn, my mily (wh

cmmitt m) jut i nt untn

m. Thy wnt t hl m bc m

chiving my m.

R Th y t I w hitli, I mt

th mn wh I nw cit my viu,

d Jimmy. H tl m I h n illn n

i I wnt t I cul cntl it. H ut

my illn int ting cntxt n

tl m I n t cu n my gl

n ght.

Th bulu c I civ m

mntl hlth vic bth in th

hitl n cmmunity c tting

hl m in my cvy juny. at

m d Jimmy, I w lucy t hv

cmmunity mntl hlth nu wh

bliv in m n nv ubt tht I

wul cv.

My nt, bth n uncl w

l intumntl in ing m ging

thugh m th t y. My

bth n uncl in ticul hl

m t th unny i my illn.

on my t cvy, I tn lt

i I w ghting tw nnt. Bilw my min ing tn, but

gully I wul hv t c th vil

cn n qully tng nnt -

nwn tigm.

DTh tigm hving mntl illn t

tim hut m thn th in,

nxity n mni. It llw yu

vywh yu g. onc it nwn yu

hv mntl illn, l inin

n bhviu chng tw yu.

Th mt ignicnt chng m

w in my in. sm mly

I w w imly unutiv,

th ti t btin nl

inmtin m my Gp, n th

h inmtin but my hlth.

Nn it h bn hlul in my qut

t gin cntl v my li n utu.

dit my wn xinc bing

icimint gint I bliv it

i imtnt t b n but mntl

illn. It n tunity t min

l tht n tw l li.

My xinc with mntl illn i nt

th m si Millign Ci

Fih. W ll int n w

hul b ct n tt th

m ny cll nml n.

I lly h tht thugh uctin,

vtiing n thugh l with

xinc mntl illn bing m

n, icimintin will bcm l

cmmn.

B My vic t th wh wnt t

ut mn in thi liv wh

xincing mntl illn it tht thy

hul litn t, n mt imtntly nt

giv u n, th n thy c but.

svn y n Im till h, ting my

m, xciing li czy, ling

t my ught n bulu hubnn tvlling hm t Nw Zln t

my mily whn I cn.

Whn I w u in th mning th

intnl bll un n Im y ttt th y ght with th illn I

will NeVer b cu but hv ln

wy cing with n ghting.

My nm i Mi. Im mum, wi,

it, ught, nic, in,

twmn, niml nthuit,

tch n in, lving n aNd I

hv bil i.

By Maria Hogan, Cate Hennessy

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*Nm h bn chng t tct ivcy

There is no remissionwith my condition!

By Maria Hogan

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Boxing is one o the ways

Maria stays well



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Jhnny angl sii (m th ltt

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Li Min vi Vl, wh

ht th vnt, cllbting

with seFCo ( cmbin mntl hlth

vi um) n l wing with

u t 120 chuch gu mting

ublic hlth mg in pcic

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tining, n cultul tctin within

nu vic cntxt, it i imtnt

tht yung l cnnct tthi in, mily, l n cultu,

tht thy hv n blnging

n invlvmnt with thi cmmunity.
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Li Lin Lim h bn invlv in

Like Minds Wllingtn inc

2009 mmb th

s Buu. sh nt

wh n l un th

nnul Like Minds tll t th

Wllingtn Chin Nw Y

clbtin.

Li Lin bliv Like Minds w i lly

imtnt bcu, it ct qulity

n untning.

In th t intnc, mntl illn

i till quit tigmti. Hving

xinc bil myl, it i

nlightning t n ut tht th

th li yu wh hv bn

uccul n liv nml li.

abut th Like Minds w, Li Lin y,

I lv it. Im n xtvt t tim. I hv

n tubl bwling u t l n

ing t thm in Chin.

2010 w th Y th Tig n t

th Chin Nw Y clbtin w

h tig m t u tll with th ki

XinXingDongwebaddressonthemand

w un but th.

Hving t b quit ctiv w wnt

ut n tl t th l n hn

ut mhlt. ou Chin uc

w ul; w h un ut thmby mi-tnn.

Thi y 2011 i th Y th

rbbit w will hv un with tht.

smn might vn b ing u

bbit t hn ut uc.

oiginlly m Mlyi, Li Lin mv

t Nw Zln with h nt n

tw bth whn h w nin. H

mily ilct cll Hin

n Li Lin i l cnvnt with bic

Mnin.

pnlly, Iv un my w with Like

L L L

Minds vy wing, y Li Lin It

imtnt t m t tl t l but

my xinc n t h wht I hv

bn thugh.

Li Lin itiv n ngtiv in th

wy mntl illn i within

Chin cmmuniti in Nw Zln.

Th Chin cmmunity cn b vy

cl. evn nw l vy c

t icu mntl illn it i tigm.

It i imtnt t m tht I lt l

nw but my xinc n hw

bil ct m, my mily n th

ltinhi.

on th th hn, th cl-

nit mili n cmmuniti wh

bcming m niv n w.

pl lly un yu. Th cnct

lil ity i vy imtnt w hv

ct u l. W litn t thm

n thy u guin n hl u

lng.

sinc h wn xinc mntl

illn Li Lin bliv h h gin

m nl inight. Im m

ccting myl n I nw wht my

limit , h y.

Li Lin cit h mily n tn

ulling h thugh m th h

tim. My mily h bn thugh quit

bit. Thy w billint.

I h my t i whil I w

tvlling in Mlyi whn I w 21. My

nt n my yung bth h t

cm n ic m u n bing m bc

t Nw Zln.

anth tim, whn I w in Whngnui

hitl, Mum n d w living in

plmtn Nth, but thy wul cm

vy night t viit m n bing m

.

My hubn i vy utiv. H jut

it cnitin li ibt,

xml blm m l hv

n m nt. H lt littl

thing m tht m it i t hv

g y. H i th il tn

m th ct cmlmnt.

By Ruth Jackson

About Kai Xin Xing Dong

KaiXinXingDong(KXXD)is Like Minds inititiv, which

w t c tigm n

icimintin n inc

untning but mntl hlth

iu in th Chin cmmunity.

KXXDundertakesactivitiesthat

inclu iing ublic wn

thugh vtimnt n

ti in Chin int n

i mi, n ngging thChin cmmunity by wing

with th NGo uch pblm

Gmbling Funtin ain Fmily

Tm. oth ctiviti inclu

ttning ublic vnt, uc

vlmnt, ch, uctin

n tining. Th i l

cmhniv wbit wittn in

bth englih n Mnin.

F m inmtin www.ixinxingng.g.nz
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a r t i c l e

a littl m thn twlv mnth t

th lunch thi wly i hw,

Like Minds Wi h ttct

itiv cclim.

Th hw, imly cll Like Minds,

Like Mine, i bct n aw 92.7

FM vy Mny, n t th ttin

Chitm nttin th hw

wn tw w dnbl n

Cnitnt svic n excllnt ri

Intviwing.

sttin mng, Michl Wiln, l

nt ltt t Like Minds Wi

cmmning thi nt g

n wt, W hugly im

n light.

Like Minds Wi cint

Cinn oliv g, ying h h

witn hug nl gwth in th

nt thy gin cmtnc n

cnnc in ucing th hw.

at m Cinn hl, th

11 th tm mmb T aii,

dnil rl, Jnin sgwic, Jann

Lin, kti Gnt, kyli ann,

Lyntt stutz, Mtthw Will, Mxin

Fluty, rbt Mill n shn egn. all

hv xinc mntl illn.

Th whl Like Minds Wi tm

i invlv with th i hw n

tting t n ch nt

w t thi wn c t bcm

mili with th quimnt, y

Cinn. sm mmb th tm

hy t ty n th michn

i th quimnt n jut intviw

thi gut, whil th lning

hw t u ll th quimnt.

pt th hw gl i t inm

th Wi cmmunity but Like

Minds mg, n, wy t buil

nt cnnc, thy will tn

intviw mily mmb ut

w wh h n imct n thi li.

Like Minds i thit th iwv in Wi

Cinn y, dnil rl intviw

hv ng m tling t hi it

but hw thy ut him, thugh t

chtting t m my Cttn

Gy Mcph but hi xinc

mntl illn n wht hl him

wll.

smtim th intviw l n

t m cllbtiv tuniti.

Cinn with Lh Mcknzi

m Fmily plnning but th

imiliti btwn hmhbi ntigm n icimintin cit

with mntl illn. Tgth thy

vl wh n thi tic tht

w jintly liv t vl yuth

gnitin in th Wi gin.

Hwv, th n intviw tht tn

ut th Like Minds Wi tm

n it cmmunity i t w

thi intviw with Jhn kiwn in

Nvmb 2010.

pnt dnil w thughly

, hving ly Jhn

kiwn b All Blacks Dont Cry. H

ttn Jk b lunch in Mttn

n intviw him b th b

lunch n igning. Th intviw w

bct th llwing Mny t

th hw.

W w ll xcit but thi

wnul tunity, y Cinn.F dnil it w ul mmnt. H

un himl tling t hi vuit

all Blc ll tim. H w cilly

hy whn t th n th intviw

Jhn kiwn hw lng h h bn

junlit h h bviuly n

wnul jb.

onc thy ling m cnnt,

nt my ch t h thi

wn nl ti. duing nin Mtthw Will mntin tht

uing hi tim with th LMLM tm h

nv xinc ny icimintin.

H lwy bn tt n

t, n whlchi u n n

with xinc mntl illn lt

u ign th hw i ming n imct in

thi lcl cmmunity.

oth inict tht thi w i

hving n imct th bc th

tm hv bn gtting m th ublic.

on 65-y-l gntlmn wt

ictly t dnil n i, Yu ing

gn jb in vy imtnt l,

y Cinn, H but u in th

n vlu wht wv bn ing.

Th hw l ut lcl vnt

n cmign uch Mntl Hlth

awn W n vi

inmtin n mntl hlth vic

n gnci vilbl in th cmmunity.

Mt ll w ty t m it un! y

Cinn.

By Ruth Jackson

F m inmtin

tun int th Like Minds

Wi ri shw n

Mny 10-11m 92.7FM

g t: www.wm.c.nz

n litn liv. dtil but

th Like Minds ginl

i hw vilbl

nwww.limin.g.

nz/g/218-li-min-

ginl-i-hw

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10/12Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 20110

a r t i c l e

Th Like Minds Tni ctiv

witing gu clbt it t

nnivy in Nvmb 2010.

Th gu gw ut vic u

ut gu t T pun Wi

acut Mntl Hlth Unit in Tni.

Th nw un 12 mmb

wh mt mnthly in th Like Minds

Tni mting m. Jim McGg

i th gu mnt n n ly

ublih uth with tw cllctin

ty (In Transit, 2006 n Poetry

Plus, 2010) un hi blt.

Th cu th gu i nt n

uctin cting ublih w.

Th imy im i n giving mmb

gt vity tic t cu n,

wll m mning t thi witing.

It' l but hving un n civing

bc n thi w n uting

n ncuging ch th.

at th n ch mting th gu

cllctivly ci n th witing tic

th ucming mnth.

It i lwy mthing itiv

n invntiv, y Gn Hun

th gu cilitt Like Minds

Tni. F xml, u ubjct

dcmb 2010 w a tng

Chitm xinc n it uc

m th gu mt iginl n

bt witing.

Mny th ti, ticl n mm th iing wit hv bn

ublih in Like Minds Tni

mnthly nwltt Whakaaro

Pai, wittn by n l with

xinc mntl illn.

W l th m n ti

lu n Like Minds Tni wly

i gmm Mental Health

Matters n acc ri Tni

104.4FM, y Gn.

It i lwy thill mmb t

thi w in int n/ t h it

W n i n t t ll hv g t

ny tunity.

Wht lly ti Gn Huni th iginlity l witing.

Mt th tim vyn cm u

with cmltly int t n th

m tic, h y. Th ti

vy uniqu.

amng th gu mmb i Fnc

r, m cilitt th gu

wh i wing n cllctin ti

ublictin in b mmi

m chilh.

Fnc ti vy witty n

clv, y Gn, Th wy h

wv chct int h ti i

mzing n th gu lwy l

w t h ti n h cil

wy tlling thm.

anth mmb th gu, Tny

snc, i th it Whakaaro

Pai n h ty ublih in th

New Zealand Listener i t jiningth gu. Tny wit vy intiguing

mtil which giv th gt l

t thin but, Gn y.

Th ln t ublih lctiv

cllctin w t m tg in th

utu but th gu wul li t buil

g by mtil b thn.

Gn y tht whil th ctiv

witing gu w m imily t

vi n n incntiv t witbut mthing uti thi wn

juny, it h hl i l

cnnc n chllng mmb

bli but wht thy cbl .

Witing giv l hug lit

ychlgiclly, mtinlly n

iitully, y Gn, evyn

invlv l mhw ich th

c.

By Ruth Jackson, Cate Hennessy

Repelling the invader

By Jim McGregor

(a poem about sel-stigma)

Nt quit th blc g

but cl tht t hu

in th mning.

Igning nt w

I ty n ttc m

nth ictin.

G mning nxity

n hw yu thi

n mning?

Thi nt w ith

I wit but it, binging

it ut in th n.

an gu wht?

Th hity bt n cv.

I wnt t w u in th mningn l w t wh Im

ging n wht Im ging t b

ing whn I gt th.

Nt with n, oh G! H w g gin.

Sel-stigma

By Tony Spencer

stigm cn b icult bt t

xlin. an vn with n xlntin;

in thi y n g it hul b lmtimibl t jutiy. stigm i nt

limit nly t wht th uti wl

thin yu thugh ict

inict xu, it h th bility t

ct wht yu thin but yul.

In wy, iniviul cn ln t

thmlv in ngtiv light, b

n hw thy bliv tht th

thm u t thi cnitin. It i tn

thi n l-tigm tht cn hv

th gtt ct n l withxinc mntl illn.

(xct m Whakaaro Pai Thinking

Positively, dcmb 2010)



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[ ]

B C. , b . , b

, ,b .Book contributor, Rhianne (19 who was

diagnosed with bipolar at 14)

By plnty chl tch n 2010

Nw Zln Mntl Hlth Mi

Gnt ciint, Ggi Tutt, cntly

ublih h t b, Caught

between Sunshine & Shadow. Th

ublictin h Nw Zln

xinc bil ctiv

i.

Ggi, wh liv with th i,

y h wnt Caught between

Sunshine & Shadow t chllng

micnctin but bil i,uc icimintin n mt

wlln n cvy.

Ggi w t ign hving

bil ( mnic in) in 1991,

whn h w 28 y l. at th tim

h w living in th Uk n h nly

bn mi but ight mnth.

It w quit hc, cilly my

hubn.

Ftuntly, Ggi h th ut

n lv h mily (incluing

hubn Fn), wll h in

n nighbu, thughut h

cvy juny.

sh l vl n untning

h tigg int n nw

hl whth it i micl vic,

mictin mthing l - b

itutin clt ut h cntl.

Ggi vic t th wh hv

mn in thi li with xinc

mntl illn i t tl t thm yu

wul nyn l, ty n n ut m

thm hw yu cn ut thm.

Ln but thi tigg int n

ty n w tgth n n ctin ln

whil thy wll, thy will tut

yu whn thy ic.

DGgi mmb guting m

tch cllg n bing vi nt

t vluntily icl th ct tht h

h mntl illn, it wul nt hlh jb ct. sh l cunt

chng in tmh t n th

chl h tught t, whn h h

tim bcu h cnitin n

l un ut.

sh l tht icling xinc

mntl illn i ntily u t ch

iniviul n thi cicumtnc.

I hv nly bn n but my

cnitin nw, bcu I tch in vyutiv chl, h y.

sh bliv icimintin till xit,

bcu l gnlly nly h

ngtiv thing but th with

xinc mntl illn n unl

mn cl t thm h mntl

illn, thy hv limit nwlg

n untning but wht it lly

ntil.

Hwv, h thin th w y l li Jhn kiwn, n

cmign li Like Minds, Like Mine,

hv hl uc tigm. s lng

w inming n ucting

l, icimintin will cntinu t

c, h y.

T bCaught between Sunshine & Shadow,

igint m Ggi intt

in ning ut hw th l wmnging bil. Thn I thught, i I

li t nw but thi, h y, myb

th l with bil i wul

li t h but thi wll.

Th jct gw int cllctin

ti n m m v 30 Nw

Zln wh hv un th cug

t ut but thi xinc.

Ggi h h b (n th -b

qul) will vi m inight n

untning wht bil ctivi ctully i n hw it cn b

mng.

Thi b i lng vu. I l th

n th with bil t b

ini by iv ng l,

in viu l, wh living ulll

liv it thi igni, h y.

It l vi h th wh

might nt b mnging n thi

in, tn n cgiv wh

wnt t ut thm lng thi

juny t wlln.

Thy n t nw thy not ln.

By Cate Hennessy

C b & living with and managing bipolar disorder

F n m

inmtin viit th

wbit www.cb.c.nz

o yu cn cntct Ggin 07 548 0948 vi mil

n [email protected]

T b Caught betweenSunshine & Shadow
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ngg. F m nlly, thi

mn I thing tht cnnct

m with my cil ntw, my

nl gl, my nvinmnt

n my n t li.

Thi y I m tying t cu

n ning m tim with my

in n mily. I ict lt gm night n t-luc

inn.

Thi will hl m b th th t. Whn w ct

tuniti t n tim tgth w ct ntul

c tling n giving ut. It mn it i

in t h whn thing gt h thm.

Inviting l t n tht tim tgth hw I thin th n, I cni thm g t b un n I wnt thm

in my li. Th m th mt utiv mg

w cn giv ch th, cilly whn thing icult.

y, K X XDIv h nl xinc

in mny y n

hv lnt mny tl n ill

tht hl m t wll.

on th i xci. I w

mnth g I tt Zumbn thi i ving t b vy

ctiv. I lv th Ltin muic

n ncing, I cn it t hm, n it i un!

I l w tngth m my iitul juny, m ing

b li Vict Fnl Mans search or meaning, n m

litning t ch n wtching intviw tht ini m.

Tw tht I un n th intnt n hv ticully njy

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stv Jb, Ceo n c-un al n pix: Hw tliv b yu i

kvin scy, act: Bing uccul

Wht I vlu th mt, hwv, i my cnnctin with th

l wh imtnt t m. I m gtul I hv in

wh c but m n wh will hl m hl nt my h

until th tim I hv tngth t hl nt it gin myl.

Whn I m bl t tun th vu, I . I lt l nw

tht I c, I my ut n Im th t wl lngi

thm whn thy xincing thi wn mntl it.
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