“At the start when we did the pyramid questionnaire and when I looked at it at the end, it just showed how low and totally drained mentally. When I left that day, I felt relief because what was going on in my life and how I felt I really saw it for the first time. And I swore I was going to give myself 100 percent of me time and focus on me. So now that I have done that thanks to help and support, I feel like a new person. Stronger and capable of being a me and a mom. I think different to circumstances now instead of panicking. The tools I’ve learned have helped myself and my family.
The hardest thing was to say I’m not feeling well, but once you say it, it really does get way easier, with the right support and the right people to support you. So, the Link Worker and Family Support Workers, thank you so much for that crutch that I badly needed, and still do. Roll on September.”

“I have been referred to Link Worker for help by psychiatric nurse from HSE. At that point I was feeling very down, isolated, basically in despair. At the first meeting the Link Worker provided professional assessment and based on it, gave multiple options for me to join different groups over time. I’ve started walking every week and over period of 4 month once improved, I joined mindfulness group and attending psychotherapy which was setup by Link Worker for me. Nowadays, I am back to work and feel like full member of society. The government should invest more time and funding into work the Link Worker and Family Resource Centre are doing. Personally, I think it’s absolutely essential to provide help for people with mental health problems who are reaching out because otherwise the road to recovery will be extremely difficult. I think it’s essential for the Link Worker who fit’s his job profile 100% to keep going with walks every Wednesday and people who thinks otherwise are wrong since this walking group provides support for people who are seeking it.”