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Name: | Shauna Leigh-Pugh |
Age: | 19 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | South Wales |
Campaign: | To raise awareness of amnesia |
One day in March 2012, I woke up and could not remember who my parents were.
It was completely unexpected, and it worried me and my family.
Through medical examination, it was discovered that I suffer from amnesia, but doctors cannot determine the exact cause of the problem at the moment.
Ever since the first episode, I have been experiencing amnesia at random times, sometimes weeks or months apart.
It is difficult to live with and does prevent me doing a lot of ‘normal’ things. Because of this, I feel I am treated differently.
So, through my poster campaign, I hope to make people aware of my condition, and give others with undiagnosed conditions hope and support. You are not alone.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Bethan Brook | Emma Poyner |
Emma Woodhouse | Hayley Price |
James Davies | Kelly Nicholas |
Laura Singleton | Megan Hawkins |
Nikita Davies | Rhys Loader |
Shannon Kinsey | Stephanie Pugh |
Amanda Pugh
Thank you to my mum, who is supporting my campaign. She agreed to be interviewed to appear in my broadcast piece.
February 2014
My Fixers posters were screened at a launch event for mental health and mind-related issues in Cardiff. The response to my film was overwhelming and I had some really encouraging feedback. You can read some of these comments below:
'It's very inspiring as it tells young people no matter what happens you shouldn't give up as you can still achieve your ambitions.'
'If I had not come tonight I wouldn't have known about your disorder. It's really good that you are doing a project to make people aware of it.'
'You are very brave! You should be very proud of yourself for carrying on with your life and fighting through!'
'Very good. I enjoy it and it's great that you share this and make people aware!'
'Thank you for sharing your experience. It helps other young people open up.'
'Good luck with your workshops and I hope you share your message widely!'
'Thank you for sharing your story and experiences.'
'Very inspiring. I would love your workshops in Newport for our young people, well done!'
'I think what you're doing is absolutely incredible, you're amazingly brave and you're an inspiration.'
'Amazing! It's brilliant to help other young people. You should be very proud.'
November 2013
I held my first memory loss workshop at Cefn Hengoed Youth Club in Caerphilly on Wednesday 13th November.
It was attended by six young people and two youth workers, all of whom found it a really positive experience.
I am very proud of myself as I didn’t know if I could ever achieve anything like this. I was very nervous at first, but once I got into it, it seemed to go really well. It was nice to be able to share my story and help people understand memory loss conditions like mine.
I hope to hold more workshops like this one at youth centres in my area.
Here are some comments from participants:
‘I really enjoyed listening to Shauna tonight and she inspired me. How strong she is, well done Shauna.’
‘It was a really interesting workshop. Shauna was really confident and taught me a lot.’
‘It was good - better than doing anything else.’
Fixer Shauna at her workshop with young people
October 2013
My story was featured in The Sun newspaper on 8th October. Click here to read the article.
Macauley Collinson
Sam Barakat
Sam Womack
Shannon Rawlings
Becky
Mason Latey
'Ben'
Ben Simms
Meghann
Shano
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Jo Quinn
Hannah Carter
Liam Thomas
Lauren Taylor
Fern Lulham
'Kate'
Becky Thorn
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Jack H
Chelsie Brown
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Ethan Mcinally