This Is How It Feels

Voices of Lived Experience of Mental Distress.

This Is How It Feels grew from people across Aotearoa generously sharing their lived experiences of mental distress through art, storytelling and poetry.

Together these voices create something honest, moving, and deeply human - reminding readers that they are not alone, and helping those who support them to better understand.

"I think that this book needs to be read by all parents of young people (aged 10-25 years) who aren't doing well, all teachers of young people and all therapists of whatever kind they are who work with young people. The book puts into words and illustrations all the stories I have heard from young people over the last 30 years" - Dame Sue Bagshaw.