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/
288_Putting Your Resolutions into Motion
287_It’s Not Your Fault and It Never Was (rerun)
For You, if You’re Struggling this Christmas
285_Being Your Own Best Friend (remix)
284_Put the Fun Back in DysFUNctional at the Holidays
283_Grief, Depression and the Holidays
282_Ground Rules for Caregivers
Caregivers Have Needs Too
I Wish People Understood How Lonely and Hard It Is
279 Managing the News with Depression
278 What Real Support FEELS Like
277_What Real Support Sounds Like
276_You Can’t Ask Someone Directions to a Place They’ve Never Been
275_I Suddenly Had Hope
A Father's Story of Lessons Learned the Hard Way
273_A Survivor's Story
272_Finding What is Real and Good
271_ The Slow Accumulation of Positive (Mark Henick)
270_Not Everything You Know About Suicide is True
269_ Giving Ourselves Credit for Progress
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