Life course theories show that life courses can vary greatly, but what we all have in common is
that we all face certain life transitions. These life transitions can be planned or unplanned,
desired or unwanted, and any case they all require a certain level of learning. Until now, research
of unexpected life and health transitions has been focused mostly on physical illnesses, while
the impact of mental illnesses on an individual's life course and related life transitions has been
insufficiently researched. There was also a lack of focus on the learning of relatives within these
transitions. The purpose of this master's thesis was primarily to gain insight into transitional
learning that individuals face during a life transition when their close family members become
mentaly ill. The purpose of the research was to gain insight into the phenomenon of individual
as well as possible collective transitional learning of the selected target group. At the same time,
I was interested in the needs of close family memb
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