mental health struggles because she wanted other families to know they are not alone.“This is not easy to talk about and it’s not easy to put yourself out there … But I think it’s incredibly important to let others know, because this is what I think will change the stigma around this,” she said.Phillipson is not certain the COVID-19 pandemic caused her daughter’s mental health struggles, but she said she has no doubt it “exacerbated the situation.”Her daughter was an active, social 15-year-old who loved Karate, volunteered and worked at the dojo.
She had also joined a swim team and field hockey team. In the fall, she began Grade 10 in a new school. Then, a few months later, the Ontario government shut down all schools in the province for.