Payal: The True Cost of Family Peace

When Payal's brother developed mental illness, he moved back into his old bedroom in his parents' house. Where he stayed for more than 15 years, getting no help, not even seeing a doctor. This is the story of how an entire family can get completely stuck, and what Payal did to break free.

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Payal has educated hundreds of people through NAMI's Family-to-Family class. Help her continue this work at the Pomona Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), by making a donation of any size. Just go to namipv.org and click on the donate button. 

No one manages mental illness by themselves. NAMI is a great place to get information and support. To find an affiliate near you, visit nami.org/find-your-local-nami/. All of their support groups and programs are free. 

The Episode Producer was Boen Wang whose other work can be found at boen.cool. 

The final episode of our first season is out on April 16th, so keep your ears out! 

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