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Another year, another time to #TimetoTalk day. This year I'd like to talk about mess and discomfort. One element of stigma is feeling like you carry a story and history that will never be understood and never be possible to integrate with the lives and stories of everyone else
If there's a #TimetoTalk day, there should also be a #timetolisten day. And listening means learning to live with stories that discomfort, stories that trail off, stories that ask questions you can't answer. Mental ill-health is a fucking mess to live with.
The experiences people share around mental ill-health will not conform to your wider narrative expectations. The job of making our stories make sense that we have who live through them is not the same job that a person listening has. #timetotalk isn't about you
Anyway, it is indeed #timetotalk day. Easy to put the onus onto the person suffering to start the conversation but sometimes we can get too sick to do that. So if you want to be a good friend/colleague/whatever to someone, here are some things I’ve learned from my wonderful pals
People may well be more likely to turn to you if they know you’ve been sick at some point too - that’s defo been the case for me since I spoke out about my illness. But I think this is partly because people are often worried that talking to just anyone won’t go well.
And that can add to pressure on someone who is sick: I am not always well enough to support people who come to me and I dearly wish their friends were more open so they could provide better support.
#Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide.
Depression can be treated.
The first step is talking #LetsTalk
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Depression can be treated.
The first step is talking #LetsTalk
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Depression can happen to anybody.
If you think you have #depression, seek help.
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If you think you have #depression, seek help.
#LetsTalk
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Living with someone with #depression?
Here are 7 ways you can help #LetsTalk
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Here are 7 ways you can help #LetsTalk
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It’s #TimeToTalk about people who are employed to use their experience of mental distress in MH charities ie. @MindCharity @TimetoChange. #LivedExperiencePractitioners #Peers experience discrimination, derogatory pay & active blocks to career progression #TimeToListen #TimeToAct
#TimeToTalk Many people don’t realise is that large generically run charities such as @MindCharity are given majority of funding, whilst orgs run by people who live with mental health conditions & grassroots groups are not funded. We are becoming extinct. theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
The National Service User Network @NSUN is run by ppl with lived experience of Mental Health condition, but even that has lost its funding - the one org trying to support and keep our SU-led orgs together! #TimeToTalk Why can money go to @TimetoChange but not SU-led national org?
