Sophie Duke & Aymen Belkacemi
Our Chair of Trustees, Sophie Duke, and Our Time Ambassador, Aymen Belkacemi, open up about their personal experiences of growing up with a parent with a mental illness. They each reflect on how those experiences shaped them and why the work we do at Our Time is so important.
In this special episode we hear from our Chair of Trustees, Sophie Duke, and 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, Sophie advocates for more understanding and support for mental illness.
Aymen is one of our ambassador's who benefitted from the charity’s support while growing up with his father’s mental illness. It’s a valuable insight into the vital work we are doing, and the reason we make this podcast.
If you would like to support children and young people who are living with parental mental illness, please consider making a donation.
If you are affected by anything you hear in this podcast, there are people you can talk to for support. Shout provides free 24/7 mental health text support. Text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258. You can also talk to the Samaritans for confidential, emotional support. Call 116 123 (UK & ROI) or email jo@samaritans.org (UK). Find out more about where to get help.
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