Tag: mental health advocacy
The Benny Fund 5K: Race Results!
2018 Benny’s Run East Hampton, CT Sep. 29, 2018 Sunny, 70 degrees Results by BC Sports Timing/www.usaxc.com ID# PLACE FINISHER TIME PACE 701 1 Christopher Abbott, 28, Marlborough, CT 16:18.4 5:16 771 2 Kristyn Ploszay, 37*, East Hampton, CT 18:52.5 6:05 736 3 Sonja Holmberg, 25*, Montague, MA 19:17.8 6:13 722 4 Rob Croston,[…]
Stop Telling Students They’re Messed Up and Start Doing Something About It
“We definitely need to continue the mental health awareness efforts that are being done by amazing organizations. We also need to go further. Most organizations and campuses have been focused on training faculty, parents and students on what to do when someone has a mental health challenge, but typically the only thing we tell someone[…]
‘We Have Depression’
‘“The stigma surrounding depression makes people feel like they can’t talk about it openly—or at all,” says Eva. “And in turn, those people are not getting the help they need.” But in the end, school officials blocked the issue, citing their fear that the stories would provoke bullying or trigger recurrences in recovered students. Eva[…]
Every 13 minutes a Robin Williams
“I say that it is our collective responsibility to advocate for mental health because those that suffer from a mental illness may not have the ability to understand what is happening to them nor do they have the ability to think in a “rational” manner. Additionally, doctors do not always know how to properly diagnose[…]
Stand Up Kid, Stand Up Teacher – talking about mental health in a school
“I continued to speak and got across the message of the importance of feeling free to speak to others about mental health. I had 200 13 and 14 year olds, looking shocked that statistically 1 in 10 children and young people has a mental health issue, that equates to three in every class room. I[…]
This is My Brave: Mental Illness and Motherhood
“I think it is just the way it will encourage people to share and just be open and not hide it anymore. The more you hide it, the harder it gets to survive it. Brene Brown writes about how shame can’t survive empathy because the more you talk about it, the more you tackle it.[…]
