Kelly

to join for anybody going through the same thing too.

I joined a couple of their sessions and I got to hear other people's experiences, which was pretty similar to mine.

I do think I was the youngest one on there and the only one dealing with a sibling.

The other ones were older people with children with mental illness.

um but at the same time we could all relate there was one session though where there was a girl my age on there and she was dealing with her mom having mental illness and she broke down and then i just started breaking down too because you uh it was a zoom call and you could see how it

Each person was – each person's emotions on there.

So, yeah, when she started breaking down, I started breaking down.

Yeah, because you can relate to the feeling.

Right?

Yes.

That's exactly what happened.

And, like, I don't typically cry in front of other people, but that one got me.

No, exactly.

It did feel like that for a bit.

And then I had my parents join too, which they were reluctant to do at first, but they came on the Zoom calls with me for a little bit.

And then we got resources there.

At least at the time,

this happened for us.

There wasn't much out there that helped with our situation that told us like how to handle this and even like TikTok now is something that I will go to to

support groups you also get resources which is a great thing one of the resources was a family caregiver alliance that helps with care planning so that's something that my dad and i did together we went to one meeting because during this time i think i was i i was just i was starting to live my own life and i think that's when i started my