Lisheen’s Art Gallery

27/08/2021

Pawel Jezak brilliant artist

12/06/2021

It can be particularly difficult to help someone with depression, as opposed to other diseases. The hopelessness and irritability of a depressed person can easily affect the person trying to help.
To be able to help someone with depression, we need to further understand how depressive symptoms affect the relationship between the helper and the person in need of help.
We are here to help
Our Helpline number 023 8888888
"Community Mental Health Matters"

09/06/2021

So what can we do to look after our mental health? Things like exercise, eating right, medication and talking to someone can help you feel better.
It might be a long journey but remember its well worth taking. Never be too proud to reach out and ask for a hand. It will change your life.
We are here to help
Our Helpline number 023 8888888
"Community Mental Health Matters"

04/06/2021

Living with a mental illness can conjures up horrendous false images portrayed by the media. That's not true, people with a mental illness are unique and have so much value. It can strike anyone at anytime so why is it so shameful to admit to anyone that you have a mental illness? No one would think twice admitting they've broken a leg.
Never be too proud to reach out and ask for a hand. It will change your life.
We are here to help
Our Helpline number 023 8888888
"Community Mental Health Matters"

29/05/2021

Never be too proud to reach out and ask for a hand. It will change your life.
We are here to help
Our Helpline number 023 8888888
"Community Mental Health Matters"

20/05/2021

If you’re in crisis, there are options available to help you cope.
Speaking to someone, whether by going to a therapist or by talking to a friend, can help you feel better and improve your mental health.
Were are here for you
Lisheens House Helpline 023 8888888

18/05/2021

We can ask for help. We can reach out in the darkness. We can overcome the affliction that grips our minds.
I will not be beaten. I will not be overcome. I will ask for help when I need it. I will open up to friends and family. I will allow them to save me from myself. These are choices we can all make.
Were are here for you
Lisheens House Helpline 023 8888888

09/05/2021

Dylan was 18 when he took his life. Few people knew that he had been suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, social anxiety and depression for several years.

As a loving family we kept our issues close, never feeling that we need reveal our private struggles beyond a close few. We tried to respect our son's wishes by not telling people he was struggling with his mental health. Without realising it, by keeping his secret, we had validated his feelings of shame. Would we have done the same had he had diabetes, cancer or heart disease?

Dylan's illness had crept up slowly through his teens. He'd never learned about mental health or ill health. He didn’t have a vocabulary to describe how he was feeling. He didn't understand when his thoughts and feelings had become unhealthy, or when or how to ask for help. He'd never heard of social anxiety. By the time he did ask for help he was already very ill.

Astonishingly, despite 50% of mental health problems starting before the age of 14 (and 75% by 24), mental health is not openly talked about in schools and is not a standard part of the curriculum. If it was, then perhaps Dylan would have understood better what was happening. He may have been able to speak more openly with his friends. He may have asked for help earlier. I am certain that he would have felt less alone. Perhaps it could have saved his life!

Su***de is the second biggest killer of 15-29 year olds. We need to start talking and teaching about mental health and ill health at school as part of su***de prevention. We need to actively support devastated families bereaved by su***de. Su***de is preventable.
Reach out
We are here for you
Lisheens House Helpline 023 8888888
Make the call

03/05/2021

27/04/2021

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