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Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011
Th jut m th qutin
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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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.
Thi i bc by n intuctu t
ut th gmm n ch
n vlutin inming n hing
nging gmm livy.
Within th gmm th hv
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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tu Mi ( g 5) n
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He Kkano Rangitea He Kete
Mtauranga Iu 39.
DevelopmentofKaiXinXingDong
(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.
W h thy ini yu!
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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
Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011
For more inormation
contact Adam Fresco, email
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.
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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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Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011
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
M H* - f
*Nm h bn chng t tct ivcy
There is no remissionwith my condition!
By Maria Hogan
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b . T b, !
Boxing is one o the ways
Maria stays well
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giving thm chnc t icu thi
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th cn y w n t nyn
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T E RP ARAH OHO WAA A
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ximtly 20 minut t nih.
G t th ct nlin uvy www.
minnby.c.nz/?g_i=478th ychitit' nlin uvy www.
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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
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cmmuniti.
Thy iitiing mnting,
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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Like Minds, Like Mine: FEBRUARY 2011
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 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
Like Minds W ,T A.
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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
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
:
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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