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I joined this group thinking I’d find people who have experienced similar things but the first few posts I’ve read are people saying oh my family member got better and went on to do x y x.

My older sister became unwell at 18. Went from running track at national level and doing well in school to a completely different person. 15 or so years on she’s under the mental health act and landed in supported accommodation (thank goodness). I.e. not living independently. She has had long stints in hospital too (a couple of years total probably). Never worked or successfully studied since diagnosis. The whole journey has destroyed a part of my mum. My dad died by suicide a couple of years after my sister became unwell. The worst part, we were at home at the time and were so desensitised to chaos, it was a shock to hear he wouldn’t make it. Obviously there was some neglect of the younger siblings in the house (including me) while my sister needed the support. This impacted my relationship with my mum and took a long time to rebuild.

Idk. I don’t resent anyone for having better outcomes but it’s also not a case of “not being supported” by family. My mum has almost destroyed herself supporting my sister. I honestly think it’s genetics and shit ass luck.

Pretty over supermarket quality of fruit in general. Nothing is crispy lol I was enjoying the dragon fruit for a while but now they have stopped selling them. Can anyone recommend a farm or shop or grower with dragon fruit? Or tbh anywhere else I can get quality seasonal fruit if not dragon fruit?

Diversity related, not specifically women related. Victor gave a very generic answer to a young black girl’s question on “What is it like to be the first black astronaut to orbit the mood”. The answer imo can be paraphrased as “colour doesn’t matter”.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect Victor’s. Where I struggle is that I’m a firm believer that DEI is still necessary and answers like that undermine the importance of it. E.g. In my country, 10% of engineers are women and that % isn’t really growing. I obviously think the skills and accomplishments are more important than race/ gender but isn’t that what well implemented DEI is? Ensuring equality of opportunity. What’s other’s opinions? Is DEI still needed?