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No Health without Mental Health

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Mental Health will affect everyone at some point in

their lives.

Support someone now be rewarded in your future.

Can you take five minutes to ask someone how they feel today?

Mental Health can be one of those topics its hard to talk about, and sometimes its difficult to find spare minutes in the day

between work and home life.


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When you understand how important just a short, everyday conversation could be, you

might be inspired to find that time after today.

When you know someone with mental health problems, you’re often fearful of

asking how they are.


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The objective of today is to just normalise mental health and to say that those five minutes, of

just asking how someone is and being concerned about them,

can make the world of difference.


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This is our ‘Time to Talk Day’

This is our ‘Time to Talk Day’


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Today is about challenging mental health stigma’s and discrimination and giving us a

better understanding of the issues.

Currently nine out of every ten people will experience some form of mental health

problems in their lifetime and we need to bring it out of the dark.


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The isolation and negative effect of admitting to having a mental health problem

or just the fear of people finding out

can make dealing with mental health problems much harder than it needs to be.


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The main weapon against isolation and misunderstanding is talking – that’s why today, we are taking the stigma out of

mental health and encouraging people to talk about it.

You could talk to family, a friend, or a colleague over a cup of tea – the important

thing is to talk.


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The thing I was most afraid about was saying ‘look I’ve got these problems’,

but now I’ve said it, work has been nothing but supportive and it’s not been detrimental

to my career - ever.

Wayne


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My incident happened at work. I found I was arranging a cupboard and I couldn’t

keep my work face on. And that’s when I broke. Once you start

talking it’s just the tip of the iceberg but it’s the openness that’s important, just to be

able to raise the issues.

Eleanor


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Sometimes your work face becomes your home face and you lose yourself, you forget

how you’re supposed to act normally. Any job has it’s stresses and pressures and these can build up to the point where you

break and it’s an awful spiral down.

Neil


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It’s not just about holding your hand up, it’s recognising that there is a problem.

You can go years without knowing there’s a problem there and once you do

recognise it, it’s about getting the right diagnosis and treatment.

Joan


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People witness things that you think is normal when it isn’t and that can eventually build up to a point where it can become too

much. It is important to get help earlier so you don’t have a complete collapse as often

happens at the moment.

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How do you start a conversation with someone? It’s not rocket science, it’s just a case of “how are you and how many sugars

do you want?”There is no specific formula, but it just starts

with that low level of interaction.John


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Actually the way people reacted was a lot better than I thought it would be.

I think it’s about not being defeated at the first hurdle. If the first person you speak to doesn’t do anything about it, find someone

else. It can make the difference.

Joy


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People are often scared of making things worse. But talk is an important vehicle

because it promotes and normalises mental health problems.

If there is an environment where people can say that they’re depressed, then you may be able to avoid reaching a crisis point.

Tomwww.thepatientsvoice.org.uk

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I’ve heard before people saying they’ve never had mental health problems

themselves but know someone who has – a friend, family member, work colleague,

anybody - so it’s sending the message that everybody has a responsibility to each other

to ask questions and support people.

Jack


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Today some people will get up and leave with knowledge, others will say ‘I’ve had

those feelings’.We know that stress and mental health problems are second only to muscular

skeletal injuries (Osteoarthritis).Carol


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If you saw someone with a bandaged arm you might say ‘that looks sore’ but when you know someone with mental health

problems you’re fearful of asking them how they are.

Get over it, normalise it and people will start to feel better because of your effort.

Christine


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I’ve been to the darkest places and I didn’t think there would be any help for me, but I

made it through and I want people to look at me and know that help is available.

People believe you can’t come back from mental illness but you can.

James


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If you have been affected by these real life stories and think you need help

Contact Your GPor

for more information, pick up the leaflets about mental health as you leave


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