Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction

By Janice ArnoldiHealth & Fitness Mental Health

Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction episodes

May 10, 2020 Kids in a Pandemic. Bring Back Board Games!
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Our kids are coping in a world they really don't understand. Both mom and dad may be working from home, school is weird, play dates are cancelled. Psychologist Cindy Rose gives parents some tips on how to keep the home as normal as possible and activities they can do. Limiting screen time is hard and she suggests trying some old school fun.
24 min
April 20, 2020 No Family. No Friends. Hospice Is A Lonely Place.
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Hospice care is locked down and no family or friends can visit with people who are at the end of their life. There isn't even human touch as staff are wearing full PPE gear. The staff at Hospice Niagara are finding it so hard to only communicate their caring through a plastic sheild and medical mask.
51 min
April 19, 2020 Homeless and Hungry
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues more people are living in precarious financial situations, whether they're struggling to pay the rent, need help with food or are living on the street and in shelters. Betty Lou Souter, executive director of Community Care St. Catharines-Thorold says people everywhere are worried about jobs, their homes and the ability to feed themselves and their family.
23 min
April 19, 2020 COVID 19 Takes It's Toll on the Homeless and Hungry
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Just a month into the pandemic and already food banks are seeing an increase. Betty Lou Souter runs Community Care St. Catharines-Thorold and says that if COVID 19 continues more people will need food and assistance with housing. People who are homeless are especially at risk.
23 min
April 12, 2020 Paralysed by anxiety and panic attacks
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For most of her life Jennifer Fisk has lived with severe anxiety and panic attacks. She tells her story of how these ruled her life both socially and at work. Anxiety even stopped Jennifer from applying for promotions she was qualified for.
25 min
March 27, 2020 Don't Check Your Apps!
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We're just a few weeks into the coronovirus pandemic and Ontario declared a state of emergency along with some other provinces. The lockdown means only essential services are open. People are lining up at grocery stores and toilet paper is not to be found.

I'm already finding news from around the world and now in Canada so stressful but it's impossible to stop checking the news on my phone. My advice to everyone: Don't check your apps!
22 min