Question by Annie: What should we do for a mental health/eating disorders awareness week?
My friends and I are in charge of organizing a mental health and eating disorders awareness week at our high school. We are trying to come up with ideas to get students interested and educated on the stuff we’re focusing on (EDs, self harm, suicide, self-esteem, etc.)
Do you have any suggestions? We are going to have things like petitions and a No-Diet Day, as well as information on resources, but I’m looking for interactive ways to get the school engaged. Thanks!
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Answer by speck323
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Here to help says:
September 27, 2012 at 3:40 am (UTC 0)
I would have available on display, the definitions of what is depression? What is ED’s? Etc. Also get questionnaires that say, for example, do I have depression? Its great that you will have resources too. But let people know, maybe by percentage wise. How many people do suffer from mental Illness and that they are not alone. That mental illness doesn’t
discriminate. It can happen at any age. That it also can be hereditary. Mention that fact that name calling does hurt.
And sometimes the people who are made fun of, it can have a long term negative effect. Let people know that if they think someone may hurt themselfs or threaten suicide that it is OK to go to a peer. Maybe they may not think the person is serious, or maybe its a cry for help. Teach that we all need to get involved. That Mental Illness is real. And to the suffer it can be very devastating. That it is OK, to seek help. That seeking help is not a failure, but a step in the right direction.
Freakgrl2004 says:
September 27, 2012 at 4:38 am (UTC 0)
Find someone well known in your community to come in and talk to the students and tell their story, whether its anorexia, bulimia, cutting. There are probably a couple people that you could get, most communities have someone with this kind of problem.