Jeremy Forbes: How to start a conversation about suicide
Джереми Форбс: Как начать разговор о самоубийстве
Through his charity HALT, Jeremy Forbes aims to break through the stigma attached to mental health, raise awareness through education and empower men to open up conversations around mental health and suicide prevention. Full bio
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изменившее мою жизнь.
country town in central Victoria.
в центре штата Виктория.
for his workmanship with steel.
был известен своей работой по стали.
some steel edging for the garden.
ограждением для своего сада.
which is a wonderful gift,
был по-настоящему чудесным,
down the end of Pete's street
was a tradie, or a tradesman.
или ремесленником.
in the Australian vernacular.
мы любим сокращать слова.
совершает самоубийство.
and the community members,
of another underlying tragic level.
скрытые трагические события.
in that community hall
other people were going through.
сталкивались другие люди.
was contained in two words
where I was standing in a community hall
когда я стоял посреди общинного зала,
this Castlemaine community
I'd played footy there,
я гонял здесь в футбол,
for what they'd given me.
что этот город дал мне.
that hall as well,
drugs, finance, gambling,
финансами, азартными играми,
издевательствами и домогательствами.
that we have in the tradie community,
I lacked the experience.
У меня не было опыта.
but I wanted to do something.
но я хотел сделать хоть что-то.
товарищей-рабочих и сказал:
to them or what to tell them.
в таком случае им говорить.
from Catherine Pilgrim, my cofounder,
Кэтрин Пилгрим, мой соучредитель,
что-то для своей семьи.
for the tradie community.
рабочего сообщества.
for the tradie community.
Замечательно.
of being a tradie.
культура поведения рабочего.
we can get the tradies together
где можно собрать всех мастеров,
and talk about mental health
говорить о психическом здоровье
I thought it was very clever.
Я решил, что это очень умно.
of a hardware store.
в строительном магазине.
and I'm a tradie myself,
the tradies with egg and bacon rolls,
рулетами с яйцом и беконом.
had no money to begin,
вначале не было денег.
It starts in community.
и начинается она в обществе.
we went around to the baker,
and there was some chocolate,
this awareness-raising event.
просветительское мероприятие.
Because we haven't got any money."
Потому что у нас совсем нет денег».
we initiated the conversation with
с которым мы начинали беседу
depression or thoughts of suicide
депрессия или мысли о суициде,
we've got some food.
что у нас есть еда.
and a lot of men in general,
множество людей в целом,
where to go and get help.
at the HALT events,
на мероприятиях ДНМР,
когда я основал ДНМР,
about my mental health
по поводу своего психического здоровья
о горячей линии Lifeline,
potentially saved my life.
потенциально спасли мою жизнь.
say to me in the first year,
много мастеров сказали мне:
still have those bags in their Ute
хранят эти пакеты в своих пикапах
about a whole of community approach,
в целом о подходе общества,
in Castlemaine at Tonks Brothers,
в Каслмейне в Tonks Brothers,
gone through mental health.
уже пережили подобное.
больше мероприятий.
it's not only tradies
or anxiety or depression or suicide.
тревога, депрессии или самоубийства.
in the farming industry,
для партнёров мастеров,
would not go home to their partners
не вернутся домой к супругам
we talked about mental health,
о психическом здоровье
this, this and this now."
to these young, vulnerable men and women.
молодых уязвимых мужчин и женщин.
is really high for older men.
приходится на пожилых мужчин.
depot workers and tradies.
рабочих станций и мастеров.
with very little funding,
HALT event at a hardware store,
в строительном магазине
about his suicide attempt.
о своей попытке самоубийства.
they've worked through it,
они справились с этим,
they could share their vulnerabilities.
что могут поделиться своей ранимостью.
talk about their suicide attempt,
поговорить о попытке суицида,
for them to talk,
to start talking.
чтобы начать говорить.
to me and tell me their story,
со мной и их история,
to talk with other men."
чтобы говорить об этом с другими людьми».
that I've had depression, but I have,
была депрессия, но она была,
wants to come and speak to me,
и поговорить со мной,
and cathartic to do that.
from local and national support services.
местных и национальных службах поддержки.
or someone at one of these events,
мастеру или кому-нибудь ещё:
of suicide prevention.
предупреждения самоубийств.
which most of our brekkies are,
ещё во время завтрака,
It's a whole-of-community approach.
Это подход всего сообщества.
sporting clubs, community clubs.
в спортивные и общинные клубы.
just to give you an idea.
чтобы вы имели представление.
2 866 самоубийств,
больше смертей, чем в ДТП.
in opening up the conversations.
to open up conversations.
действительно сложно начать разговор.
conversations, I tell the guys,
об этом, говорю я парням,
to open up and have a conversation,
чтобы начать разговор:
it's going for a walk,
to have the conversation.
комфортное место для разговора.
to have that conversation
«Ты в порядке?». «Да».
«Ты в порядке?». «Нет».
out there is a good listener.
to listen and not judge.
слушать и не осуждать.
to talk to you about mental illness
о своём психическом расстойстве
and thoughts of suicide,
или суицидальных мыслях,
that we're going to hold that in tight
что мы удержим это в секрете
We need to listen.
Мы должны слушать.
associated with mental health.
связанное с психическим здоровьем.
to have mental health days.
дни психического здоровья.
it's mental health days.
Это дни психического здоровья.
We can add to that change.
Мы можем внести в это вклад.
быть спасательным кругом.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jeremy Forbes - Life preserverThrough his charity HALT, Jeremy Forbes aims to break through the stigma attached to mental health, raise awareness through education and empower men to open up conversations around mental health and suicide prevention.
Why you should listen
Jeremy Forbes is the co-founder of HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies), which aims to build the bridge between the tradespeople or "tradie" community and both local and national support services. HALT facilitates this through "Save Your Bacon" meetings in hardware stores, where tradies feel socially included and comfortable.
Forbes and his co-founder Catherine Pilgrim founded HALT in 2013 after the suicide of a local tradesman in the Castlemaine, Australia area. HALT has now held over 200 events across Australia, reaching over 10,000 tradies, apprentices and community members. HALT has now expanded and is reaching out to sporting clubs, farming communities, building and construction apprentices, miners, corporate organizations and private businesses with a powerful message of suicide prevention.
Forbes travels across Australia and the world to tell his story and encourage and empower men to open up and have the tough conversations, as well as giving them the awareness of where to go to access help or help a mate if they need help. He was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship through the Westpac Bicentennial foundation in 2016 and traveled to London and Oxford to talk about HALT and discover what the Uk were doing in the suicide prevention field. HALT was awarded a state award by Worksafe Victoria for its innovative approach to mental health and suicide prevention.
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