Having a sibling with mental health problems can place a huge burden on the 'well' child—both now and into the future. TanFrankUK explores some common challenges.
At the National Alliance on Mental Health Family-to-Family course that I attended, I meet Rita, an occupational therapist who didn’t want to involve her other children before their time. She carried the burden of care alone, despite her"well" son having a psychology degree and working in mental health.
on how to deal with crises. Family programs and support groups are made up almost entirely of parents or spouses.I couldn’t help but ask myself why there wasn’t more interest in the person who is going to have the longest relationship of anyone with the person with a disability—the sibling. But I believe it is more than that. It is about not having a safety net, a support group. This was proven when four years ago, we made the move back to the U.K., the land of our births. It was here during the height of the pandemic that I found Safely Held Spaces, a nonprofit that sees us in all of our pain and does exactly what it says, holds us safely, and allows us to hold each other.
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