We're not taught how to have these conversations.: A friend or family member is struggling. Maybe they're just "not themselves." Maybe they're suicidal.
How do we offer support them?
What do we say? What do we need to avoid saying?
What can we do that's actually helpful?
In this episode we explore a list of real-world tested ways we learn from someone who has struggled mightily about the things his support network has done that have helped. These tips are for the end of the spectrum when someone is nearing or in crisis.
Because we need to learn how to offer support and kindness without waiting to be asked.
Link to Sam's blog post with all 11 suggestions:
https://letsqueerthingsup.com/2018/08/24/11-important-ways-my-loved-ones-supported-me-during-a-mental-health-crisis/
Links to two previous episodes with ways to reach out:
1) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2032100/14697923
2)https://www.buzzsprout.com/2032100/14697981
3) Link to free Mental Health America screenings: https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/
BONUS Track - A Brief Mindful Self-Compassion Practice
158- Changing the Way We Speak to Ourselves
Mindfulness and Self Compassion for These Stressful Times
How Are You Doing- A Question Complicated by the Times
Season 14 Season in Review
157- Planning For a Possible Mental Health Crisis
156- A Plan to Keep You Well and Safe
155- Don't Give Up_Pleas From the Edge
Suicide Prevention Month-Compilation1
153 - How The Lies I Believed Lead Me To Attempt Suicide
"I'm Afraid to Tell My Parents I'm Depressed" (Rebroadcast)
152-Children and Depression (Susan Ringle)
Depression- An Attack in Your Own Voice (Rebroadcast)
151-Putting the Breaks On a Racing Mind
150- Stigma vs Recovery (Bipolar Disorder) part2
149-Stigma v Recovery (Bipolar Disorder) pt1
148-Mental Health on the COVID Frontline
147-Returning to Work (Sa'Aire Salton)
146-The Impossible Task
Blooper - The Impossible Task
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