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<p>Author, screenwriter and comedian Emma Kennedy has written about how her mother Brenda's mental illness was undiagnosed in her lifetime, in her book Letters From Brenda: My Mother's Lifetime of Secrets. She speaks with Pamela about the isolation and uncertainty she felt growing up.</p><p>Our Time is a UK charity dedicated to supporting children and young people affected by parental mental illness. </p><p>If you would like to support children and young people who are living with parental mental illness, please consider making a donation at <a href="http://www.ourtimecharity.org.uk/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ourtimecharity.org.uk/donate</a></p><p>If you are affected by anything you hear in this podcast, there are people you can talk. Talk to your GP, or reach out to the Samaritans for confidential, emotional support, visit <a href="http://www.samaritans.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.samaritans.org</a> ...