Jeremy Forbes: How to start a conversation about suicide
Jeremy Forbes: İntihar hakkında bir konuşma nasıl başlatılır
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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küçük bir kasabası olan
country town in central Victoria.
ve dekoratörlük yapıyordum.
for his workmanship with steel.
Pete'i görmeye gitmiştim.
some steel edging for the garden.
kulübesine gitmiştim.
which is a wonderful gift,
harika bir hediyeydi
down the end of Pete's street
Pete'in yaşadığı sokağın sonunda
was a tradie, or a tradesman.
veya bir zanaatkardı.
in the Australian vernacular.
kelimeleri kısaltmayı severiz.
sessiz kalman beklenir.
and the community members,
esnaflar arasında dolaşırken
of another underlying tragic level.
tonlarını duymaya başladım.
in that community hall
diğer insanların yaşadığı
other people were going through.
was contained in two words
where I was standing in a community hall
this Castlemaine community
salonda durduğum andı,
I'd played footy there,
for what they'd given me.
that hall as well,
drugs, finance, gambling,
aile içi istismar, zorbalık,
insanlara anlatabilirdim.
ve esnaf topluluğunun
that we have in the tradie community,
I lacked the experience.
Deneyimim yoktu.
but I wanted to do something.
ama bir şey yapmak istiyordum
to them or what to tell them.
ya da anlatacağımı bilmiyordum.
from Catherine Pilgrim, my cofounder,
bir şey yapmak isteyen
for the tradie community.
bir şeyler yapalım."
for the tradie community.
of being a tradie.
we can get the tradies together
sosyal olarak
and talk about mental health
hakkında konuşabilecekleri
I thought it was very clever.
Bence çok zekiceydi.
of a hardware store.
bir hırdavat dükkanının deposu.
esnaflar yemeği çok sever.
and I'm a tradie myself,
rulolarını çok severiz.
the tradies with egg and bacon rolls,
tedarik edebileceğimizi düşündük
Ayrıca bir logo da bulduk.
had no money to begin,
başlamak için hiç parası yoktu,
It starts in community.
Toplumda başlar.
we went around to the baker,
fırıncıya gittik,
and there was some chocolate,
ve biraz çikolata vardı,
this awareness-raising event.
etkinliği yapıyoruz.
Because we haven't got any money."
Çünkü bizim hiç paramız yok."
we initiated the conversation with
depression or thoughts of suicide
düşünceleri olan ya da intihar etmiş
we've got some food.
diye düşündük.
and a lot of men in general,
where to go and get help.
ve yardım alacağını bilmiyor.
at the HALT events,
bahsettiğim de buydu.
about my mental health
bir akıl sağlığı planı
potentially saved my life.
hayatımı kurtardılar.
say to me in the first year,
birkaç esnaf vardı,
still have those bags in their Ute
about a whole of community approach,
Castlemaine'de olan ilk etkinliğimizde
in Castlemaine at Tonks Brothers,
gone through mental health.
daha fazla etkinlik düzenledik.
it's not only tradies
or anxiety or depression or suicide.
esnaflar yoktu.
in the farming industry,
would not go home to their partners
we talked about mental health,
ruh sağlığı hakkında konuştuk
this, this and this now."
bunu ve bunu'' demez.
to these young, vulnerable men and women.
ve kadınlara erişebilmek çok önemli.
is really high for older men.
çok daha yüksektir.
depot workers and tradies.
ve esnafla için etkinlikler düzenledik.
with very little funding,
HALT event at a hardware store,
her HALT etkinliğinde
about his suicide attempt.
intihar girişiminden bahseder.
they've worked through it,
üstesinden gelmişler
they could share their vulnerabilities.
paylaşabileceklerini düşünmüyorlardı.
talk about their suicide attempt,
konuşabileceklerini düşünmüyorlardı
for them to talk,
to start talking.
rahat hissettirdi.
to me and tell me their story,
hikayelerini anlatmaları değil,
to talk with other men."
kadar rahat hissediyoruz."
that I've had depression, but I have,
hiç bahsetmemiştim ama öyleydim,
wants to come and speak to me,
isteyen olursa ben buradayım."
and cathartic to do that.
from local and national support services.
merkezlerinden bilgi çantaları veriyoruz.
or someone at one of these events,
esnaflara söylenen bir şey,
of suicide prevention.
ihtiyacımız var.
which most of our brekkies are,
olan 9'dan önce
It's a whole-of-community approach.
Bu bütün bir toplum tutumu.
sporting clubs, community clubs.
oralara gitmeli
just to give you an idea.
çarpıcı istatistikler.
in opening up the conversations.
to open up conversations.
başlatmakta oldukça zorlanıyor.
conversations, I tell the guys,
eğer bir sohbet başlatacaksanız
to open up and have a conversation,
it's going for a walk,
yürüyüşe çıkarken olabilir,
to have the conversation.
rahat bir yer bul.
to have that conversation
out there is a good listener.
to listen and not judge.
bir sanattır.
to talk to you about mental illness
ruhsal bozukluk, anksiyete,
and thoughts of suicide,
konuşmaya geliyorsa
that we're going to hold that in tight
ve herkese söylemeyeceğimize
We need to listen.
Dinlememiz gerekiyor
associated with mental health.
belirtisini azaltmamız gerekiyor.
to have mental health days.
vermeye başladı.
it's mental health days.
ruh sağlığı izni.
We can add to that change.
ekleme yapabiliriz.
çok daha büyüktür.
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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