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"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
I cant remember the right words. But what did you mean by "there a place for different types of support" and then something along the lines of shouldnt use type of supportThis was said after i said something like "plus it would be good to pratice my peer support training" then this was said like i should not use my training to support others in chat which im now confused about. Considering peer support can be used anywhere. But espically on here cause all peer support aswell anyway. Plus in my training i was told It would be better if i use what i have been trained - to use in every part of my life and how i speak to people since that would make work more easier aswell. . But dk im confused. Cause trying to reply on here but just remembering that comment like i shouldnt & wrong type of support and im patrgoning or something and not for here and definelty not for group chat but i know i can use anywhere but im still bit confused. I think you said more 121 support but can be for anywhere and yeah confused. Cause now i cant supoort any way else otherwise im feeling confused already
Would be able to mke more clear?
thank you:)
Makes sense and def okay then cause ...
This is exactly what most of my training has been about - listening & not fixing - so definelty okay then. (Mostly been learning about spefic challenges & suggestions of what can help and lanagauge and the wording of things and just learning about mental health and H&SC & how to support them to build skills for themselves - def not like fixing of the sort if make sense.)
Thanks
I am at a stage where I don’t necessarily need to know the ‘whys’ but more recently especially from the Counselling I had received from the mix, I knew that I needed to explore ‘go over things’ that I had gone over previously but in a different place I guess. I went along with things instead of pre-empting.
I personally hate labels and textbooks defining and feel they can have a tendency of categorising people. I know myself I may have judged people in my past from things I had read, but having not moved on my from all of the support that I have received and I have been fortunate enough to receive, I don’t read things anymore. People are all different, no two people are the same, and no experience is the same for any person.
You are embarking on your career with the training ect and I applaud you for that sometimes I think it’s great that you can learn, training to help others in the future, whilst having your own personal experiences.
personally I just don’t agree with textbooks, psychologists ect but I appreciate everyone is different. Some find researching information helps them massively, others it can hindered make them feel frustrated, stick and lost because what they read isn’t changing or helping that person. A bit helpless.
I hope this makes sense and I have worded this correctly.
I hope it is all going well for you and I’m sure you’ll do well.
Natalie
Sorry at the mix, my fault your thread is going completely somewhere else ahah
but that is so true Natalie and most of what you said - esp about no labels, less clinical textbook stuff and everyone's different, exploring their feelings to certain extent etc... is something I heavily learnt on my training. & about helping people explore their feelings when needed and to accept them where people are in their recovery & letting them lead. all to help independence. Which is actually really insightful in how great & valuable peer support is and the way is lead and im so sad was never got offered it. Cause seems like great way to support. & its also so interesting in how its been shaping other support systems