In Haus Amara in Freising, people with mental illnesses are supposed to become independent again. Three young residents talk about how much they suffer from society’s prejudices – and how they want to fight their way back into life.
The mood is cheerful on this Thursday morning in the bright kitchen-living room in the Amara house: cookies and homemade chocolates are ready and the house dog, Maja, is scurrying around curiously. Does he plan to have his tie cut off? jokes social worker Monika Gutbier to one of the three residents who have gathered around the kitchen table. After all, today is women’s carnival.