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Sharing – Smashing the mental health stigma in our small towns
This is some serious truth out of Australia, that applies everywhere : I can see where their fear stems from. In these small country towns, it’s difficult to walk down the one main street and not have 30 people you know see you. Where is the privacy in simply taking the first step to walk…
Sharing – Back to the future?
We do need each other. There is no replacement for the support of another human being, regardless of what that support might look like. Just not being left alone with our struggles is a source of support.
This then brings Ben to another important point. Imagine if we all had a modicum of education about mental health and could not only show up for each other but show up with some educated actions to take.
Link – Curbing suicidal thoughts: UW psychologist develops innovative suicide prevention website
This seems like an interesting resource to keep handy. The website NowMattersNow.org, an immediate and accessible resource for people experiencing suicidal thoughts created by a UW psychologist, has been found to significantly reduce the intensity of negative emotions in under 10 minutes. Now Matters Now includes videos of people who have dealt with suicidal ideation…
What I learned from my husband’s suicide | Lori Prichard
I saw this talk shared the other day and bookmarked it to go back and watch later. It’s a powerful talk given by Lori Prichard about her husband’s suicide. If you’ve not lived with depression, or lived close to someone dealing with it, you may have a hard time relating, but I want you to try, because I know how accurate this is. I’ve been depressed. I’ve lived with that bully inside of my own brain that told me every day how much better off people would be without me, and I managed to hide it and downplay it so that most people didn’t know anything was wrong at all, or as Lori put it, they let me get away with talking them out of any concerns.
Sharing – ‘I suffered alone for 7 years’ – The Men In Need Together mental health support group that’s saving lives
What I really enjoyed in reading about Joshua’s work with MINT is that he saw a problem, sadly through the loss of a friend, and his own struggles, but also saw an opportunity to do something about it. Quite frankly, there is a problem. In fact, I’d say there are a lot of inter-related problems….
