Jeremy Forbes: How to start a conversation about suicide
Džeremi Forbs (Jeremy Forbes): Kako započeti razgovor o samoubistvu
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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country town in central Victoria.
u centralnoj Viktoriji.
for his workmanship with steel.
po svojoj veštini sa čelikom.
some steel edging for the garden.
da uzmem ivičnjak za baštu.
which is a wonderful gift,
što je divan dar,
down the end of Pete's street
was a tradie, or a tradesman.
in the Australian vernacular.
u australijanskom govoru.
Bila je zima.
and the community members,
među trejdijima i članovima zajednice,
of another underlying tragic level.
drugog skrivenog nivoa tragedije.
in that community hall
mesnoj zajednici razgovaraju
other people were going through.
was contained in two words
bila je sadržana u tri reči
where I was standing in a community hall
stajao u mesnoj zajednici
this Castlemaine community
I'd played footy there,
tu sam igrao australijski fudbal,
for what they'd given me.
na onome što su mi pružili.
that hall as well,
drugs, finance, gambling,
drogom, novcem, kockanjem,
i uznemiravanjem.
that we have in the tradie community,
koji imamo u zajednici trejdija,
I lacked the experience.
Nedostajalo mi je iskustvo.
but I wanted to do something.
ali sam želeo da uradim nešto.
ortaka trejdija i rekao:
to them or what to tell them.
ili da im ispričam.
Ketrin Pilgrim, moj suosnivač,
from Catherine Pilgrim, my cofounder,
for the tradie community.
za zajednicu trejdija.
for the tradie community.
of being a tradie.
we can get the tradies together
je savršeno za okupljanje trejdija,
and talk about mental health
i razgovaraju o mentalnom zdravlju
I thought it was very clever.
Pomislio sam da je veoma pametno.
prodavnice alata.
of a hardware store.
and I'm a tradie myself,
the tradies with egg and bacon rolls,
trejdije rolnicama jaja i slanine,
ali nekako i funkcioniše.
had no money to begin,
organizacija, nije imala novca da započne,
It starts in community.
Počinje u zajednici.
we went around to the baker,
otišli smo do pekara,
and there was some chocolate,
i bilo je čokolade,
događaj za podizanje svesti.
this awareness-raising event.
Because we haven't got any money."
Jer nemamo novca.“
we initiated the conversation with
sa kime smo započeli razgovor
depression or thoughts of suicide
depresiju ili suicidalne misli
we've got some food.
„To je super, imamo hranu.
and a lot of men in general,
where to go and get help.
at the HALT events,
about my mental health
zbog svog mentalnog zdravlja
potentially saved my life.
potencijalno spasili život.
say to me in the first year,
mi je rekao u prvoj godini:
still have those bags in their Ute
i dalje imaju te vreće u kamionu
about a whole of community approach,
kada pričam o pristupu čitave zajednice,
in Castlemaine at Tonks Brothers,
u Kaslmejnu kod Braće Tonks,
gone through mental health.
mentalnim zdravljem.
it's not only tradies
or anxiety or depression or suicide.
anksioznošću, depresijom ili samoubistvom.
in the farming industry,
u poljoprivrednoj industriji,
would not go home to their partners
ne bi vratili kući partnerima
we talked about mental health,
o mentalnom zdravlju
this, this and this now."
to these young, vulnerable men and women.
momaka i devojaka.
za muške sigurne kuće,
is really high for older men.
zaista visoka kod starijih muškaraca.
depot workers and tradies.
za radnike depoa veća i trejdije.
with very little funding,
sa veoma malo finansiranja,
HALT event at a hardware store,
HALT-ovom događaju u prodavnici alata,
about his suicide attempt.
o svom pokušaju samoubistva.
they've worked through it,
prebrodili su to,
they could share their vulnerabilities.
da mogu da podele svoju ranjivost.
talk about their suicide attempt,
da pričaju o pokušaju samoubistva,
for them to talk,
to start talking.
to me and tell me their story,
samo ispričaju svoju priču;
to talk with other men."
da razgovaramo sa drugim muškarcima.“
that I've had depression, but I have,
da sam depresivan, ali jesam,
wants to come and speak to me,
and cathartic to do that.
i katartično uraditi to.
from local and national support services.
od lokalnih i nacionalnih službi podrške.
or someone at one of these events,
na jednom od ovih događaja:
of suicide prevention.
which most of our brekkies are,
što je vreme kada većina nas doručkuje,
It's a whole-of-community approach.
To je pristup čitave zajednice.
sporting clubs, community clubs.
just to give you an idea.
da biste stekli sliku.
in opening up the conversations.
da započnemo razgovor.
to open up conversations.
conversations, I tell the guys,
kažem momcima:
to open up and have a conversation,
da se otvorite i razgovarate,
it's going for a walk,
to have the conversation.
mesto za razgovor.“
to have that conversation
„Da li si okej?“ „Da.“
„Da li si okej?“ „Ne.“
out there is a good listener.
to listen and not judge.
to talk to you about mental illness
razgovara o mentalnim bolestima,
and thoughts of suicide,
i mislima o samoubistvu,
that we're going to hold that in tight
da ćemo to zadržati za sebe
We need to listen.
Moramo da slušamo.
associated with mental health.
u vezi sa mentalnim zdravljem.
to have mental health days.
dane mentalnog zdravlja.
it's mental health days.
već dana mentalnog zdravlja.
We can add to that change.
Možemo doprineti tim promenama.
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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