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A day in the life of...
Counsellors bring people
up from life's low points
...a counsellor
BySusan Hundsflmark
Expositor Staff
"Hell on -earth"`is the
way' Mary describes her
life several years ago when
she was at the bottom of a
very deep depressidn.
She wanted so badly to
escape her life that she
would 'walk , out to the
highway everyday and
stick her thumb out. hoping
to catch a ride away from
.her troubles, but never
found the courage- to. leave
. town. She spent day after-
- day. crying. And; She was
hospitalized for several.
weeks when .she become
fearful" that . she' -d hurt
herself if' she stayed at.
home alone any longer.
When she joined.'a
support -group at the
Seaforth.Psychiatric
Centre. she didn't believe.
anyone could help hint. She
',al crying through -four
weeks of meetings.
"They twhen
and theratd he Maureen Thomas, counsellor at Seaforth Psychiatric Centre.
• a day when ['d he at the Y
very bottom and when h meil.talillness can:he a only people in the 'World
reached it. I hit at:very 'c_hemical; disorder •or a suffering.. from Mental
hard. But; soon after [i. genetic disposition ,and illness and that. with help:
' began to: realize' that they Char's not inybodvr. fault. life can bebetter., -
had all been 'where [ was: Sometimes they need "People who ars.
and they. no .better rrte•diatiou. - • But
than was. The nett thing I sometime.,. just. learning
.knew. I was laughing again new skill; or a different kill themsel-yes and find
with the group." she says. sway if looking at heir. out in a support gro(ip that
"C still go up. -and down oyes is all pcopie need."'- everyone els! has felt the
hut with.the•help of: the 'she says. Lme way but wtth help.
. centre' and some. .anEi Ov'erc_uming the ,U9ma
depressed cdn feel so sad
and.low that they want to
-depressant medication.: Cm that's :still attached
doing -so: much better now, mental Hines; and seeking
she says. • ' /help ,irmetlines _he most
The first time Maureen difficult part , of lac
Thomas. or oneof. the other. : pro ess. For '.ht, I 2 new
{ counsellors at the Seaforth clients .the ,entre has ,seen
Psychiatric Centre meets each year ,ince- li Opened to
Someone, he or. she i, 1091. turning right itnto the
Usually at a ve"ry low point psvehiatric: centre "instead
in life. • / . • ot. left !ntu-the Seaforth
"It usually takes a crisis'. medical cenirecan requlrc
to get people to us. They a lot oI ,;ourage.,
might have been -depressed "W ill moi_ to k4ep it so
. or, under stress for along 'iecret if sce- feet we're not
time" but it takes that:last- coping well wrth,rvur lives.
straw before they admit' But: when clients come in
.they.can't handle -it. .for'co-tinselling. they're
anymre;" she says surprised to tinct that:their
- Btit, once they Seek some next-door neighbor. 'their
help; it usually only takes a co,w'r rker or their cousin is
sew months to learn_ the_ inhere too says Thomas:
skills. Yind:.the support and .as one in, tour
possibly, discover . the psychiatric . centre in
medication to improve • Hurn County sponsored
their mental health. • by the \le'tander and
Thomas says,statistics NlartneiGenerat Hospital in-
state •that one in three Goderich. Thomab says The.
people. will have a mental.: tree counselling: service is
health problem at Fast "tairty. 'unique.- in the
once intheir lives- and that. province.
;problem can, range from 'The .most. important
depression. anxiety and; thing we do here. is bring
stre$s.''ti more severetogether-pcupie in similar
. problems of bi=polar
rJisordet . tmanic
depression). schizophrenia
or multiple personalities.
"So often people think
its a failure of character or
a temporary problem that-
-
hat` they can lust wait lout but
circumstances who can.
(earn front each other., she
says.
Along with one-on-one
counselling. the centre
offers several "support
groups 'and recreational
programs where clients can
learn. that they're not the
Ratepayers, of,Tuckersmith
We extend a sre T aitk=Y O 1(7 -ALL -the -
Ratepayers of Tuckersmith for participating in the
vote on amalgamation heli May `1st to May 3rd
Our only disappointment was the fact that Your
Council would not recognize YOUR vote.
After knocking on EVERY door in the Township,
rural and'urban, we ended up with a total of 1`61
votes cast.
The breakdown as follt,ey::
Group of Six 659 Ballot.
ZurichRleiay, Hensall, Bayfield, �I utlev
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are doing much Netter n,tc,
- it's usually ,uch. a relief to
fine! out it=s not just them."
she Says. -
In ;Seaforth; suppeirt
i roups exist for adults with
attention,.defi.ctt disorder
and friends and family of
'schizophretnics while in
Wingham. there's a support
• ,croup for,:people with
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disorder and in Clinton.
there',, a support group for
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Such. as'' - howling.
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;.lunch club and men:s and
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to keep a handle on an
ongoing mental illness.
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