Micheline
file the perfect love with his spouse. A real fairy tale. The beautiful story suddenly ends last spring when illness takes away the man of her life. Disoriented, the woman in her fifties takes the shock with difficulty and sinks into mental illness. In bad shape, she finds herself in the hospital in order to undertake a long journey towards health. His best allies? -The members of his family. Thanks to them, she is about to make a new start.
Faithful to her man, Micheline accompanies him during this difficult fight against illness. Despite the setbacks, she remains by his side until her last breath. But the day after the ordeal is brutal. Already afflicted by the loss of a loved one, the 50-year-old must fight another battle. His new adversary: depression.
“I invested a lot with my husband. I forgot myself and went beyond my strength,” she says. “Even today, it’s still hard for me to describe that feeling I felt inside my body. »
Active by nature, Micheline hits the wall. A bereavement, a move, loss of interest in life. His world suddenly collapses. Seeing her health deteriorate, her relatives managed to convince her to go to the hospital in Granby where she stayed for two weeks. The decision that made all the difference, she argues.
“The love of my brothers and sisters and my children, it has been beneficial. The hospital staff was good to me. I admit it…I was lucky and pampered to be so well surrounded. »
And a sign that she is getting better, Micheline will gradually return to work in a few weeks.
His daughter, Stephanie
, admits to having done everything to support his mother during this painful episode. “My mother has always been there for me. I had to be by his side. Today, she is much better and that means that the bond that unites us is much stronger. » Micheline’s relatives have really put their hands together to help her get out of it. “I attended several appointments (in psychiatry) and it was not always easy to see my sister in this state, but she wanted so much to heal. “We are starting to find the -Micheline that we knew and it is good to see it like this,” said his brother, Paul
-.* :At the request of interviewees, we have agreed to protect their identities due to the sensitivity of the subject matter.
