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Mental Health Week May 5 \u2013 11 2014<\/p>\n

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

I have a friend with schizophrenia who speaks of how, when people learn she has schizophrenia, begin looking at her as if they expect her to pull out a knife and kill them. All because of the way television and the broadcast media portray those with schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

I and others of my acquaintance have all had the experience, repeatedly, of having people telling us we could not be living with mental illness because we were not homeless, muttering away to ourselves, well groomed, weren\u2019t raving, made sense……<\/p>\n

We have spoken of the difficulties posed by the fact that there is often no external evidence of the turmoil going on within or of the ruin that, occasionally lies within,.<\/p>\n

CMHA\u2019s\u00a0Mental Health Week\u00a0is an annual national event that takes place during the first week in May to encourage people from all walks of life to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday May 6, 2014 from 7:00 \u2013 8:30 PM at Clearbrook Library Fraser Mental Health\u2019s Abbotsford Advisory Committee is presenting The Search for Happiness: three perspectives on living with a mental illness.<\/p>\n

Speaking about their experiences and, as time permits, answering audience questions about living and dealing with mental illness, and as time permits will be a person living with mental illness, a family member of a person living with mental illness and a staff member of Fraser Mental Health who works for Recovery.<\/p>\n

Everyone is invited to join us to hear about the reality of living with mental illness.<\/p>\n

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