Erynn

This is Erynn. She is a creative and imaginative grade six student from Ontario who loves snowboarding, playing Pokémon, reading fantasy novels, and watching movies that feature strong women who solve problems. Erynn also lives with bipolar disorder. She was diagnosed when she was seven. She has faced more challenges than a child her age should have and she sometimes has difficulty doing things that other kids her age take for granted. She finds that talking about her feelings with her Mom and Dad and with her educational assistant at school really helps. She is sharing her story because she wants to teach others about mental illness and show them how normal a kid with a mental illness can be. FACE IT. Mental Illness concerns us all.