Christopher’s Story
Christopher spent periods of time in hospital receiving support with mental health issues. Working in partnership with Northern Healthcare, Fairhome […]
Michael’s Story
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The story
How it happened
I have been living with SIS for just over a year. Before this move, I spent four years in a secure hospital. I struggled with my mental and physical health and gained a lot of weight. I have worked with my support workers to address some of my issues. I joined slimming world and up to now I have lost around 4 stone.
This has contributed to my mental health becoming stable as I feel much happier with a healthy diet and lifestyle. I receive help, support and education around healthy options and spending time cooking, preparing and eating meals together, this helps me stay focused.
I feel that staff listen when I need to talk about my mental health, they are great listeners and help me to identify better coping strategies. I am proud that I have now gone four years without self-harming, as this was a massive part of my life at one point.
I love living in my flat and I like it to be clean and tidy. I am proud of my flat and my achievements. I feel that I couldn’t have achieved this without the time, support and dedication from the staff and my family members.
My next goal is to start college and with staff’s support, I am looking into various college courses and once I have achieved that I would ultimately like to find a job and start working.