More Than Our Stories: Gabby

Centre for Stories

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains content that will be triggering for some, including mental illness and substance abuse. Please take care of yourself while listening and take a break if needed. If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Due to family issues at home, a spiralling drug addiction and the consequences that followed, Gabby was already incarcerated in Banksia Hill Prison by the time she was fifteen. But it would take a long time for Gabby to realise she was suffering from mental illness too and needed help from others. Supported by Shelter WA, funded by Sisters of St John of God and produced by Centre for Stories, More Than Our Stories is a collection of lived experiences of homelessness and housing insecurity from Shelter WA’s HOME Lived Experience Advisory Group. Storytellers were supported to share some of their experiences and advocate for essential housing reform. If you enjoyed this episode, learn more about Centre for Stories at www.centreforstories.com or donate to support us. Thank you.