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On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 9:04 PM, Valliappan Reshma
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Nirmala ma'am,
Great!
At the moment I can only work on a smaller model as I'm still scaling up for
funds and turning into a trust. So do ignore that bit as I'm sharing the within
my resources model.
but on the larger platform I've suggested couple of ideas during a consultation
here with caregivers though I believe it takes time for many to envision
something without a given image.
looking forward to further connecting on this.
Regards.
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, Nirmala Srinivasan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear VR
> its a great surprise indeed. I especially like the infantalyzing part of it
> qualified appropriately as a Catch 22 case. I am completely in agreement with
> you and i sincerely believe that before manufacturing " miracle drugs" , we
> need to overhaul psycho social education for families and users so that
> "tyrannical love " and its side effects vanish.
> I like your suggestion of working together but i am not looking at Pune alone
> nor at a single model. I am also looking at it from the perspective of users
> right to lifelong care as enshrined in the NMHP 2014. Further my concern is
> on the range of support - from high to nil - as a criterion of a rights based
> approach. Shall let you know when our national consultations are finalised.
> tc
> ns
> Nirmala Srinivasan Ph.D.(Ashoka Fellow)
> ACMI, Bangalore
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Val Resh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Nirmala ma'am & Capt.Johann,
>> This is the most important question that has been raised amongst all our
>> groups. As in The Red Door, many members who live with their labels are
>> asking similar questions on private messages with me.
>> Despite whatever family or parental issues they have - they do ask about
>> themselves and how will they cope or live (if) anything happens to their
>> parents.
>> Most say 'I am not worried if I don't have money - I'll figure something
>> out' (which is contextual and metaphorical to what we think of our
>> conditions. But their next line is 'I am still attached to my parents - I am
>> more worried that I will crash once they leave'.
>> I'm been noticing an upward spike in mental health amongst young women who
>> fall in the category of 'independent' and can't bear their parents hovering
>> over them or telling them what to do and infantilising them (which is a
>> catch 22 in itself).
>> On the other hand, in India as young women we end up carrying the guilt of
>> going away or moving out a lot more than other groups.
>> At the moment my father is grateful I got the Ashoka Fellowship but he too
>> is concerned on the same grounds as I refuse to get married or move in with
>> my siblings.
>> I would like to suggest if we (representing both groups) can work on this
>> solution together? At the moment The Red Door is my home space itself. My
>> parents don't live here any more and I use this as office and therapeutic
>> work. I will have one woman (who is a musician) live here under the same
>> roof with me. This is a combination of the Soteria and micro-financing live
>> in models but using an Indian-Eastern perspective. In the months that she is
>> here - she will work for Red Door and maintain the space like it is her own
>> home. Added to that she will network and follow me for work to reintegrate
>> social, emotional and life skills. Her mother has agreed to take care of her
>> for 6 months after which if she doesn't sustain herself then she will be
>> called back.
>> This is the sort of 'agreement' she has made with her mother who is free to
>> drop in at my place and stay with us too. Though this arrangement is made to
>> get her to find herself independently - under a disciplined setting while in
>> the same process work on her music here and build her career. Rent and food
>> is taken care off in return for work that she can do with Red Door.
>> Perhaps, if any caregiver from your end is open to our method - I would
>> certainly love to connect to take this further. Time periods and work will
>> be arranged as per needs. I would propose 1 week with caregivers too for
>> them to be comfortable and to know where their child will be.
>> For those who are in need of meeting their psychiatrist - perhaps we can
>> work around with Amrit sir from SAA on this. We have 3 psychiatrist in Pune
>> and a large group of psychotherapist-psychologist who do volunteer their
>> time for Red Door too.
>> What are your thoughts on this?
>> Peace & Colour,
>> Reshma
>> p/s: I hardly check this email much as I use it for my university work so
>> forwarding this to my gmail account where I am active.
>>
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Peace, Colour & Good Health!
Reshma Valliappan"I don't believe in the label of mental illness. I believe
there is an experience that cannot be defined. I rather believe it is a
creative illness because the only treatment for it IS creativity."Ashoka
Fellow, Ink Fellow
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