Mental Health Awareness Week

[ClaretAndJew]

As we tend to have good discussions on here about mental health, I thought it appropriate to just bring up the topic of mental health awareness week.

This is a little bit of a selfish topic in a way, as I wanted to ask if an idea I've had (and presented as part of my university module) seems a good idea.

In a similar fashion to the Prostate Cancer Screening that took place at Turf Moor and also Deepdale, I wondered of the benefits of a day where men can go down to Turf Moor to discuss amongst other things their mental health. Be it just to speak to a person one to one for some support or to be signposted to the right professionals if they feel they need it.

The day would incorporate information and assistance, such as perhaps mental health nurses, support staff, psychiatrists etc, and we just break down the barriers and stigma of mental health, and if we can help just a handful of people then I feel it would be worth it.

Pipe dreams, maybe, but football has a huge part to play in a lot of men's lives, and certainly around the local area where mental health is an ever increasing problem.

UTC.

[john'sroseyspecs]

A great idea. Would get people who would normally never seek help to reach out. I think could have much more success than conventional routes which male pride/shame fail to work

[bartons baggage]

I sought help after reading post on this forum.
Reading about other peoples struggles gave me the courage to go and seek help.
Iv'e weekly appointments with Minds Matter and slowly i'm starting on the road to recovery.
Services like these are a good help for people like myself,who have suffered in silence for years.
I know i'm not going to get better over night,but i am now starting to understand the reasons that have contributed to my illness.
Thank you, to people like claret and jew and others that have highlighted this silent illness.
I've suffered for 35 years and have become conditioned by my illness,i just wish i found help earlier.

[Pstotto]

The Government are driving everyone to suicide by 'testing' them over their incapacity benefit. The media are f*cking everyone's heads with a cut-edit-paste strobe flash zoom in and out constant barrage.

Conversations about that aren't going to help, as it's not a psychiatric problem.

Schizophrenia is not a psychiatric problem, it's supposedly a brain malfunction. There is not the medical help in place to eye track and brain scan sufferers, one just has to live in a state of a constant suicidal condition.

I've got through another day and a bit of messing about on this forum is a bit of relief.

Talking about it, to a 'professional' is another round of self when one wants to get away from that as much as possible.

[bartons baggage]

The Government are driving everyone to suicide by 'testing' them over their incapacity benefit. The media are f*cking everyone's heads with a cut-edit-paste strobe flash zoom in and out constant barrage.

Conversations about that aren't going to help, as it's not a psychiatric problem.

Schizophrenia is not a psychiatric problem, it's supposedly a brain malfunction. There is not the medical help in place to eye track and brain scan sufferers, one just has to live in a state of a constant suicidal condition.

I've got through another day and a bit of messing about on this forum is a bit of relief.

We all need a distraction,and yeah this forum provides that.
Stay strong and keep posting.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Good idea and post. Think it would be very useful and beneficial.

[COBBLE]

Great idea. Hope someone from the CCG or Public Health England sees this.

[ClaretTony]

Didn't BFC in the Community do something like this a couple of weeks ago when they had their Mental Health Week?

[minnieclaret]

we are all just chemistry and dna.
Some days the chemicals are out of wack.
talk it through. with friends, with professionals or on here. There is a better day tomorrow.

[iluva64]

I went to an excellent lecture last night regarding mental health in young people and associated problems. The guy was a former headmaster who has 4 boys, one committed suicide 5years ago and he talks about that and issues in young people.

If any of you are parents, its beyond me to think of loosing a child. So if you are interested here is a couple of links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22854301" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.cwmt.org.uk/dick-moore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HatfieldClaret]

I'm always amazed by the courage of people on here who have opened up about their mental health. I don't know who you are but others will.

I also owe you an apology Pstotto for harsh remarks I've previously made. It's obvious that you face daily battles.

Maybe I'm just lucky. Good luck to you all.

[Pstotto]

I do indeed face a daily battle, today especially with it being the full moon. I thought about killing myself at least three times today, but one just has to try and think beyond whatever the current crisis is, if possible. However, that doesn't mean you have to agree with me! I don't mind a bit of banter as long as it's not malicious.

[cricketfieldclarets]

I do indeed face a daily battle, today especially with it being the full moon. I thought about killing myself at least three times today, but one just has to try and think beyond whatever the current crisis is, if possible. However, that doesn't mean you have to agree with me! I don't mind a bit of banter as long as it's not malicious.

I dont know you. And probably never met you. But when you think these thing just remember theres a messageboard of fellow clarets here for you. And the best thing is if you prefer everyones anonymous but if you dont prefer theres lots who would happily listen (and talk) to you in person.

I dont like telling people with theseproblems what to do as i find that doesnt help. But if i can say one thing. Dont suffer alone.

Its often easier to speak to someone you dont know and who you wont feel judged by.

Utc

[Pstotto]

No. Speaking to somebody isn't the solution.

[ClaretDiver]

Hey guys, I can't even begin to understand what some of you are going through. This is not a 'I'm better' post but wanted to share my experience with you.

The last 6 months have been incredibly tough for me and my wife. One minute we were having an awesome life living in Thailand and we had been married only 6 months, a wonderful wedding in South Africa.

In the blink of an eye our life changed and she had a massive stroke. I am now back in the UK and forging a new life and waiting for the day my wife gets here from South Africa (about a month now!)

I have had some seriously down days in this period and have 'lost' my wife in a kind of way..if that makes sense. On a couple of occasions I have seriously thought about ending it BUT I found a support group on Facebook for Carers of Stroke Survivors. I realised that there were people with much harder situations than mine even though I thought mine was the worst it could be.

I chatted, I talked and I listened....all of a sudden this cloud lifted and I realised, even though this happened that I still have my beautiful wife, I have my health and it doesn't matter where we live or what job I do, we have a future....

Please, please if you are feeling like this then talk to someone....I am here if anyone does want to talk..I am non-judgemental and can talk form experience.

UTC

CD

[Pstotto]

If one goes to the pub and has a chat about other things than one's problems then that can help because it's oneself 'outside of the problem' i.e. reinforcing or restoring to the fore, the self undamaged. However that's an expensive business and also one can get as much trouble at the bar, as staying in alone with one's problems. Everyone's mental illness is different, but for me, I haven't found talking about it, to be much relief because nobody can comprehend what it's like, the just think you've got psychiatric or psychological issues and offer 'advice' as if they know more about what it is than the sufferer, taking them into deeper sh*t than they were in before the conversation, for engaging them in a game of psychology, so that whoever engages the mentally ill person, becomes a further extension of the problem, that's why some folk with illness of that type lash out, as they become more and more exasperated or they have to emasculate their rage, for a further dose of torment.