In the face of deep depression this mother and daughter have found practical ways to become even stronger than before. When a young person suffers, the family suffers but 17-year-old year McHayla suffered in silence, hiding her private pain from those she loved with near tragic results.
After breaking her back in a trampoline accident, she experienced isolation and exclusion from her friends and her inner-life became a virtual prison of mental anguish.
Mum Deb came close to losing her daughter but the pair have been able to reconnect and find new ways to support each other.