Abstract
This contribution describes a personal recovery journey and highlights the value and importance of engagement in peer-to-peer services to help promote growth and transformation. In this contribution, the author emphasizes the significance of educating and supporting others to overcome the barriers of self-stigma to gain both a positive self-image and self-esteem. Personal life experiences are shared and resource information is provided as a guide for readers. Encouraging individuals with a lived experience of mental illness to tell their stories is a way of educating people about mental illness and reducing stigma.
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