Jeremy Forbes: How to start a conversation about suicide
제레미 포브스(Jeremy Forbes): 자살에 관한 대화를 시작하는 방법
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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깨달음을 얻었습니다.
country town in central Victoria.
캐슬마인이라는 작은 시골 마을에서요.
for his workmanship with steel.
피트를 만나러 갔습니다.
피트의 철물점에 들른 거였죠.
some steel edging for the garden.
which is a wonderful gift,
굉장히 축복받은 날이었습니다.
down the end of Pete's street
집을 도배하고 있던 중에
was a tradie, or a tradesman.
in the Australian vernacular.
줄여 말하는 걸 좋아하니까
기대하는 게 있습니다.
평정심을 유지할 수 있어야 하죠.
뚜렷한 파급효과가 있습니다.
and the community members,
주민들 사이를 배회하고 다니다가
of another underlying tragic level.
in that community hall
얘기하는 걸 듣게 됐는데
other people were going through.
was contained in two words
where I was standing in a community hall
this Castlemaine community
I'd played footy there,
축구도 했으며
for what they'd given me.
늘 감사해하고 있었습니다.
that hall as well,
drugs, finance, gambling,
힘들어하는 사람들이었죠.
that we have in the tradie community,
모른척 하는 태도 때문에
I lacked the experience.
but I wanted to do something.
뭐라도 하고 싶었습니다.
이렇게 말했습니다.
to them or what to tell them.
해줘야 할지 몰랐습니다.
from Catherine Pilgrim, my cofounder,
캐서린으로부터 전화 한 통을 받았는데
주고 싶다고 하더군요.
for the tradie community.
뭔가 해보자고 했습니다.
많은 고마움을 느끼는 만큼
for the tradie community.
of being a tradie.
문화라는 게 있습니다.
we can get the tradies together
최적의 장소를 고민해 보았습니다.
and talk about mental health
마음을 열고 털어놓을 수 있는 곳이 어딜까요?
I thought it was very clever.
현명한 선택이라고 생각했죠.
of a hardware store.
그렇게 장소를 결정했습니다.
장인들은 먹는 걸 좋아합니다.
and I'm a tradie myself,
the tradies with egg and bacon rolls,
준비하기로 했습니다.
had no money to begin,
HALT는 초기 자본이 없었습니다.
It starts in community.
지역에서 시작하는 거죠.
we went around to the baker,
제과점 주인들을 만났고
and there was some chocolate,
인식 개선 행사를 열려고 하는데
this awareness-raising event.
사실 저희가 돈이 하나도 없거든요."
Because we haven't got any money."
we initiated the conversation with
거의 모든 사람들은
depression or thoughts of suicide
이미 자살한 누군가를 알고 있었습니다.
끌어냈던 것이죠.
we've got some food.
우리는 음식도 있으니까요.
and a lot of men in general,
where to go and get help.
잘 모릅니다.
at the HALT events,
이런 이야기를 합니다.
about my mental health
관리를 받을 수 있다는 사실을
아는 것도 없었죠.
몰랐었는데,
potentially saved my life.
say to me in the first year,
제게 와서 이런 말을 했죠.
still have those bags in their Ute
여전히 그들의 트럭이나
about a whole of community approach,
전체 지역 참여에 대해 얘기할 때
in Castlemaine at Tonks Brothers,
진행한 첫 행사였는데
gone through mental health.
겪고 있는 분들도 있었습니다.
분위기가 만들어졌고,
it's not only tradies
or anxiety or depression or suicide.
정신 건강 문제를 겪는 게 아닙니다.
협력했습니다.
in the farming industry,
행사를 진행했습니다.
행사를 열었는데
would not go home to their partners
we talked about mental health,
this, this and this now."
말하지 않기 때문이죠.
행사를 하고 있는데
기술전문대학입니다.
만날 수 있는 절호의 기회였죠.
to these young, vulnerable men and women.
행사를 열었는데
is really high for older men.
대상으로도 했었습니다.
depot workers and tradies.
with very little funding,
150회를 진행했다는 겁니다.
모든 행사에서는 항상
HALT event at a hardware store,
자살 시도에 대해 털어놓습니다.
about his suicide attempt.
이겨나가는 겁니다.
they've worked through it,
털어놓는 걸 생각해 본 적이 없습니다.
they could share their vulnerabilities.
talk about their suicide attempt,
for them to talk,
to start talking.
털어놓기 시작한 겁니다.
to me and tell me their story,
얘기할만큼 편안해요."
to talk with other men."
이렇게 말합니다.
저도 우울증이 있어요.
that I've had depression, but I have,
나눠보고 싶은 분은
wants to come and speak to me,
카타르시스가 느껴집니다.
and cathartic to do that.
통합적 접근이 중요합니다.
서비스에 대한 정보를 줍니다.
from local and national support services.
or someone at one of these events,
저희가 하는 일입니다.
가셔야 해요," 라고요.
of suicide prevention.
which most of our brekkies are,
9시 전부터 시작해서
It's a whole-of-community approach.
이게 지역 공동체의 통합적 접근이죠.
sporting clubs, community clubs.
들어가야 합니다.
높여줘야 합니다.
just to give you an idea.
통계자료를 보여드리죠.
2배에 달하는 수치입니다.
자살을 하는 것이죠.
통합적 접근이 필요한 겁니다.
in opening up the conversations.
to open up conversations.
시작하기 어려워합니다.
conversations, I tell the guys,
to open up and have a conversation,
그곳에서 대화를 해야합니다.
it's going for a walk,
to have the conversation.
할 수 있는 곳을 찾으세요.
to have that conversation
필요한 능력 중 하나는
들어보셨을 겁니다.
"괜찮아요?" "네."
"괜찮아요?" "아니요."
있게 해줘야 합니다.
out there is a good listener.
키우려고 노력 중이지만
to listen and not judge.
to talk to you about mental illness
정신질환에 대해 털어놓는다면
and thoughts of suicide,
that we're going to hold that in tight
We need to listen.
associated with mental health.
갖고 있습니다.
to have mental health days.
it's mental health days.
정신 건강을 챙기는 겁니다.
We can add to that change.
우리도 그 변화에 동참할 수 있습니다.
될 수 있다고 생각합니다.
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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