Grace Kingsley Miller: Journey with Mental Illness
In this episode, I sit down for a conversation with my 20 year-old daughter, Grace Kingsley Miller, for one of the most vulnerable conversations I have had to date.
Grace shares her story of struggling with mental illness starting at the age of 14. She shares about some of her childhood trauma that impacted her mental health as battled self harm and depression for many of her teenage years. At the age of 19, Grace was finally diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, and she shares openly about coming to terms with and accepting this difficult diagnosis. We talk about the stigma associated with mental illness and bi-polar disorder especially and the importance of having real conversations about it. Grace also shares her journey of finding effective treatment and help and just how challenging that can be. Finally she shares about her recent experience with ketamine assisted therapy and how promising and effective it has been for her treatment. This episode is for anyone who has struggled with mental health and for family members that love them through it or want to learn to do better in helping them.
Grace lives in Lawrence, KS and attends the University of Kansas. Majoring in Sociology, she is passionate about issues related to social justice and mental health advocacy.
Link to first episode mentioned:
https://herstoryspeaks.com/
More info on BiPolar Disorder:
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/
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