Kate’s Take on Rare Care - a Column by Kate Manger

Talking about mental health isn’t the easiest thing to do. Sharing our feelings can be uncomfortable, and asking for help may seem like exposing a part of ourselves we’d rather keep hidden. I’d always shared my feelings openly and leaned on family and friends. For a long time, I thought…

You get the call. It’s rare, they say. Probability is low, statistics meant to comfort. They assure you this doesn’t happen often. But sometimes, despite all the reassurances, rare things happen anyway. When it happened to us, I immediately wondered what I could have done differently. I blamed myself for…