My Family, Mental Illness, and Me
By Bespoken Media
Conversations about parental mental illness, with Dr Pamela Jenkins. Pamela's mum Irene had a schizo-affective disorder. In each of these episodes, she shares memories and experiences with someone else who also grew up as the child of a parent with mental illness. My Family, Mental Illness, and Me is a podcast from Our Time, a charity that supports and advocates for the estimated 3 million UK young people living with or caring for a parent with a mental illness. It is supported by the Mental Health Foundation.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk (https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk)
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Grace Campbell
Comedian, author and podcaster Grace Campbell is the daughter of former Labour strategist Alastair Campbell, who suffers with depression, and is an Our Time charity patron. Grace recalls the impact her dad's mental illness has had on her childhood...… -
Camilla Strøm Henriksen
Norwegian film director and actor Camilla Strøm Henriksen grew up with a mentally ill mother, and channeled the experience into her film 'Phoenix'. As an older sister, she says she felt a great deal of responsibility to her younger brother. If you..… -
Neil Coyle MP
Neil Coyle has served as the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark in central London since 2015. His mum has schizophrenia, and her illness has played a big role in shaping his life. If you would like to support children and young people... -
Dr Kim Foster
As a globally respected expert on mental health nursing, Dr Kim Foster has spent decades researching the causes and impacts of mental illnesses. She tells Pamela how she spent much of her childhood in a care home, as a result of her mother’s severe.… -
Iain Cunningham
Film director Iain Cunningham’s acclaimed documentary Irene’s Ghost is about his search for information about his mother, who died when he was three. Iain grew up not knowing anything about his late mother, who had suffered postpartum psychosis befor… -
Joe Wicks
Joe Wicks AKA The Body Coach grew up with a heroin-addicted dad and a mum with obsessive compulsive disorder. He tells Pamela that, despite "chaos and destructive behaviours", it was always a loving home. If you would like to support children and... -
Kayleigh Llewellyn
Multi-award-winning screenwriter Kayleigh Llewellyn based her darkly comic BBC3 drama 'In My Skin' on her own difficult childhood, growing up in Cardiff with an abusive dad and a mum with Bipolar I Disorder. To find out more about Our Time, please.… -
Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch, co-founder of Edinburgh parenting support charity Dads Rock, shares stories with Pamela about life with his dad Tam, a steel-fixer who suffered bouts of severe depression. If you would like to support children and young people living..… -
Coming soon: My Family, Mental Illness, and Me
3 million young people in the UK live with, or care for, a parent with mental illness. If you're one, we want you to know you are not alone. Coming soon: Dr Pamela Jenkins shares memories and experiences with a range of brilliant people, all of whom …