Jeremy Forbes: How to start a conversation about suicide
Jeremy Forbes: Como começar uma conversa sobre o suicídio
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.
do interior no centro de Victoria.
for his workmanship with steel.
por sua habilidade com o aço.
some steel edging for the garden.
um pouco de aço para o jardim.
which is a wonderful gift,
o que é uma dádiva maravilhosa,
down the end of Pete's street
no final da rua de Pete
was a tradie, or a tradesman.
in the Australian vernacular.
em sua comunidade.
foi em julho, no inverno.
no salão lotado da comunidade.
and the community members,
e os membros da comunidade,
of another underlying tragic level.
de outro nível trágico subjacente.
in that community hall
no salão da comunidade
other people were going through.
outras pessoas estavam passando.
was contained in two words
estava contida em uma pergunta
where I was standing in a community hall
em um salão da comunidade,
this Castlemaine community
a comunidade de Castlemaine
I'd played footy there,
for what they'd given me.
that hall as well,
as pessoas daquele salão
drugs, finance, gambling,
as drogas, as finanças, os jogos de azar,
o "bullying" e o assédio.
cultura de negociante
that we have in the tradie community,
na comunidade de negociantes,
de forma alguma.
I lacked the experience.
but I wanted to do something.
mas queria fazer algo.
negociantes e disse:
to them or what to tell them.
de Catherine Pilgrim, minha cofundadora,
from Catherine Pilgrim, my cofounder,
a comunidade dos negociantes.
for the tradie community.
for the tradie community.
of being a tradie.
quando se é negociante.
we can get the tradies together
onde podemos reunir os negociantes,
incluídos e confortáveis,
and talk about mental health
e conversar sobre saúde mental
achei muito inteligente.
I thought it was very clever.
de madeira de uma loja de hardware.
of a hardware store.
está bem, temos o local.
and I'm a tradie myself,
e eu mesmo sou um deles,
the tradies with egg and bacon rolls,
ovos e rolinhos de bacon,
had no money to begin,
nossa instituição beneficente,
It starts in community.
we went around to the baker,
and there was some chocolate,
de conscientização.
this awareness-raising event.
Because we haven't got any money."
we initiated the conversation with
com quem conversamos
depression or thoughts of suicide
depressão ou pensamentos suicidas,
we've got some food.
and a lot of men in general,
where to go and get help.
aonde ir e conseguir ajuda.
at the HALT events,
nos eventos da HALT:
about my mental health
verificar minha saúde mental
potentially saved my life.
say to me in the first year,
alguns negociantes me diziam:
still have those bags in their Ute
ainda guardam essas informações
about a whole of community approach,
de toda uma abordagem comunitária,
in Castlemaine at Tonks Brothers,
no Tonks Brothers, em Castlemaine,
passaram por questões de saúde mental.
gone through mental health.
foi o ponto de partida.
it's not only tradies
os negociantes que são acometidos
or anxiety or depression or suicide.
ansiedade, depressão ou suicídio.
com as instituições TAFE.
in the farming industry,
os parceiros de negociantes,
would not go home to their partners
não voltavam para os parceiros dizendo:
we talked about mental health,
e vamos fazer isso, isso e isso agora".
this, this and this now."
que podem precisar de ajuda.
to these young, vulnerable men and women.
a essas pessoas jovens e vulneráveis.
is really high for older men.
para homens mais velhos.
depot workers and tradies.
e trabalhadores do conselho.
with very little funding,
com muito pouco financiamento,
HALT event at a hardware store,
em uma loja de hardware,
about his suicide attempt.
sobre sua tentativa de suicídio.
they've worked through it,
eles vêm pensando nisso,
they could share their vulnerabilities.
suas vulnerabilidades.
talk about their suicide attempt,
sobre sua tentativa de suicídio,
for them to talk,
para eles falarem,
to start talking.
para começar a falar.
to me and tell me their story,
me contarem sua história.
to talk with other men."
para conversar com outros homens".
depressão, mas eu tenho,
that I've had depression, but I have,
wants to come and speak to me,
quiser vir falar comigo,
and cathartic to do that.
e purificador fazer isso.
de toda a comunidade.
from local and national support services.
para serviços de apoio local e nacional.
or someone at one of these events,
ou com alguém nesses eventos:
of suicide prevention.
de prevenção do suicídio.
de forma alguma.
which most of our brekkies are,
no horário do café da manhã,
It's a whole-of-community approach.
é uma abordagem de toda a comunidade.
sporting clubs, community clubs.
esportivos e comunitários.
just to give you an idea.
só para lhes dar uma ideia.
por acidente nas estradas.
de toda a comunidade.
in opening up the conversations.
em iniciar as conversas.
to open up conversations.
acham muito difícil iniciá-las.
conversations, I tell the guys,
para começar e ter uma conversa,
to open up and have a conversation,
it's going for a walk,
to have the conversation.
para a conversa.
to have that conversation
essa conversa é saber o que dizer.
"Você está bem?"
"Você está bem?" "Sim".
"Você está bem?" "Não".
e ser capaz de ter essa conversa.
out there is a good listener.
minha capacidade de escutar,
to listen and not judge.
escutar e não julgar.
to talk to you about mental illness
com vocês sobre doença mental,
and thoughts of suicide,
e pensamentos suicidas,
that we're going to hold that in tight
que vamos manter sigilo
We need to listen.
associated with mental health.
associado à saúde mental.
to have mental health days.
agora a ter dias de saúde mental.
it's mental health days.
são dias de saúde mental.
We can add to that change.
podemos ser salva-vidas.
a dor do trabalho árduo.
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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