R U OK? Day Thursday, September 10th
https://www.ruok.org.au/
A CONVERSATION CAN CHANGE A LIFE
R U OK? inspire and empower everyone to meaningfully connect with the people around them and start a conversation with anyone who may be struggling with life. You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good friend and a great listener.
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It is not only a problem in one country. The announcement of depression is an embarrassing admission for many people, in many places, to make. Kept secret, the problem often gets worse. By encouraging others to speak to their friends [more frequent, the better], those friends may receive enough emotional support to carry on.
Now, such despair can be overcome. Current bad times may end. Now, for some that doesn't come; but continual caring conversation can keep them going.
In World War One, battle experiences drove some soldiers mad. The 'talking cure' brought many men back to sanity. That term was first used in 1893 by a patient, Bertha Pappenheim [Anna O.], of Joseph Breuer in Vienna. Breuer was an older colleague of Sigmund Freud.
Simple caring conversation can save friends. Australian ideas have come to America, and elsewhere, before. This is another idea that can travel.