Family stories
Behind every statistic about severe mental illness is a family living it. On this page you’ll find two kinds of stories — because our fight has two sides.
Recovery stories are our proof. They are families who got their loved ones the help they needed — treatment, medication, stability — and watched them go on living full, wonderful, meaningful lives. These stories are the answer to anyone who says involuntary treatment doesn’t work, or that recovery isn’t possible. It is possible. Here is the evidence.
This is our fight, and it comes down to three words: treatment = recovery.
Family stories are the fight happening right now. They are families going through the system today — our loved ones are suffering, still not recovered, still being failed by the law as it stands. These stories are why we can’t wait.
Read the recovery stories — proof that treatment works and recovery is possible.
Read the stories of families in the fight right now.
Your story could change a law
If you are a family member of someone living with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar psychosis in Ontario, your experience matters to this fight.
Stories shared here are published only with your explicit permission. You choose what to share, whether to use your name, and you can ask us to remove your story at any time.