#143 Why won't they accept help?

The Diverse Minds Podcast

Welcome to the 143rd episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month, as it’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme is loneliness, we are going to be focussing on loneliness and the impact of mental health on various groups.

Today I am talking about why it can be so difficult for people to accept help when they are diagnosed with mental health challenges or are just feeling low.

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On today’s show

• Why I chose to cover this topic today. [01:09]
• Some factors that prevent people from seeking help. [02:26]
• A look into the Cartman Drama Triangle [06:01]
• About the emotional reality and responsibility model. [16:34]
• What we can do to encourage people to seek help. [17:16]

Quotes

• No family sits down and says, right, what's our communications policy? Or what's our health and safety policy in our home.
• If we're trying to support someone, or feel frustrated with them, we have to really be mindful of what are we feeling first.
• When emotions are high, you want to check the reality and move the person to responsibility.
• Just like with physical health, when we want to train or do something in the gym, we generally don't go from being a beginner runner to being an elite athlete.
• The person who is in that victim mode feels overwhelmed by their sense of vulnerability, inadequacy or powerlessness.

Resources

• Leave me an anonymous message on my Speakpipe
• Learn more in Episode 63: Anti-bullying initiatives that work
• Listen to Episode 97: The art of listening to support someone
• Wheel of wellbeing

Work with me

Have a look at my online work-life balance course on Thinkific. You can access it here: http://bit.ly/DMMHPONC