We’re just a bit worried about her … She seems manic.”“Manic? What do you mean?”“I think it’s best you come in?”The first night I realised that something was seriously wrong with my daughter Rowan was in late 2021. Our mental health felt fragile, like everyone’s, but we’d made it, and this was the other side. The world was waking up, like Sleeping Beauty after a long sleep, and the air fizzed with possibilities. Rowan, like all her friends, bolted into her 16th year with enthusiasm and joy.

Source: The Times January 05, 2025 01:33 UTC