John asks viewers who may need mental health care to talk to someone they trust or consult linked resources (2015)
ask · status: asked again in 5 years (2015–2020) · last event: reminder (2020-03-24) · owner: John
About: mental disorder
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-20 | asked | John points to resources in the description that he and people he knows have found helpful; the description lists suicide-prevention and mental-health helplines. | On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) 00:02:57 |
| 2017-07-25 | reminder | John asks anyone concerned about their mental health to seek help, pointing to resources in the description. | What OCD Is Like (for Me) 00:03:28 |
| 2018-10-09 | asked | John asks viewers who think they might need mental health care to talk to someone they trust about a treatment plan or consult the links in the description. | How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? 00:03:24 |
| 2019-02-19 | reminder | John doesn't think the questioner's isolation comes from a lack of courage, and encourages them to talk today to someone they trust in real life and say they are struggling and need support. | Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday 00:00:29 |
| 2019-04-09 | reminder | The description asks viewers concerned about their mental health to contact their local crisis center, and links resources. | The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone video description |
| 2019-12-10 | reminder | The description urges viewers concerned about their mental health to reach out: text the Crisis Text Line, call the SAMHSA helpline in the US, or someone they trust. | On Loneliness creator comment |
| 2020-03-24 | reminder | In a comment John urges viewers concerned about their mental health to reach out for help, to a friend or a mental health professional, many offering e-therapy. | Mental Health Tips from People Who've Been There |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) — John tells people living with mental illness that there is hope, that it is almost always treatable, and that how they feel at their sickest is not how they will always feel. — 00:02:46
- 2017-07-25 · What OCD Is Like (for Me) — John says effective treatment can be hard to get but there is hope: the vast majority of mental illness is treatable, and many people with chronic mental health problems have fulfilling lives. — 00:03:35