Nelson,
B.C.

Binary Name: 10010100111010011101
Origin: unknown
Final Destination: Just over yonder hill --where great sky meets magnificent ocean.
Life Philosophy: "Who put the fibre in your cornflakes this morning!"

Why do Stand Up for Mental Health: It's good therapy --better than most talk therapies the system has ever pushed on me.

It allows me to bridge the gap between the public's stereotyped and generalized view of mental illness and my stereotyped and generalized view of mental illness.

Theresa,
B.C.

"Caring for my Mother, who had Alzheimer's disease, sent me spiralling into the quagmire of the Mental Health system, which, incredibly, I survived. I followed through on a suggestion to surround myself with the people who see the light in me because, as a psychologist commented, 'When you're on, you glow.'"

Brian,
B.C.

I joined SFMH to give me insight on what it's like to stand in front of a crowd of hundreds of people, shaking like a leaf with pee running down my leg.