Let’s TALK. A seemingly easy request which will very properly pull a beloved one out of the depths of despair and despair.
With despair circumstances on the rise through the pandemic, that is what the Let’s TALK Minda Sihat marketing campaign goals to handle.
This marketing campaign by the Well being Ministry highlights the significance of expressing feelings to alleviate psychological stress. One of many key actions can be to open up and discuss to somebody you belief about your issues.
The TALK on this marketing campaign refers to:
> Telling your downside to somebody you belief.
> Asking for assist.
> Listening with out judgment.
> Realizing the place to hunt assist.
This 12 months’s Let’s TALK Minda Sihat Media Marketing campaign has been operating since mid August and can go on until November. The marketing campaign is according to the Psychological Well being Publicity Plan underneath the Agenda Nasional Malaysia Sihat.
To succeed in out to the general public, the marketing campaign has been applied by way of numerous media akin to digital, digital and out of doors platforms. The Well being Ministry has additionally engaged a number of outstanding social media influencers to assist promote the marketing campaign messages.
The marketing campaign intends to achieve 22 million Malaysians and it’s estimated that it has reached out to 16.6 million folks up to now. The marketing campaign hopes to encourage folks to specific their emotions to ease their emotional stress and to hunt psychological well being assist and assist in reaching psychological wellbeing.
If you’re underneath any emotional stress, it is very important establish who you possibly can belief – somebody whom you possibly can confide in about your downside comfortably. The particular person could also be your associate, dad and mom, siblings, colleagues, pals, assist teams, an NGO personnel, and even psychological well being assist helplines.
It is very important specific your emotions to these you belief as a substitute of bottling up your feelings, which impacts psychological wellbeing if extended. Attempt to perceive your emotions, get emotional assist and establish what motion could be taken to make your self really feel higher. Do not forget that to hunt assist in itself is a brave act.
We’re all a part of the assist system for our family members. Therefore, it’s important to empathise somebody who wants assist and hearken to them with out judgement.
When somebody is expressing feelings and ideas, keep linked with them, give hope and ethical assist, and encourage them to hunt skilled psychological well being assist if wanted.
The Let’s TALK Minda Sihat Media Marketing campaign and Psychological Well being Strategic Plan (2020-2025) was launched by Well being Minister YB Khairy Jamaluddin on Oct 10 by way of MOH’s official Facebook web page.
The Fb Reside occasion launch was held along side World Psychological Well being Day 2021, which is well known on Oct 10 yearly.
For psychosocial assist help providers, contact the KKM-Mercy Malaysia psychosocial assist helpline (03-2935 9935), The Befrienders Kuala Lumpur (03-7627 2929) or Talian Kasih (15999).
For extra info on psychological well being points, go to Agenda Nasional Malaysia Sihat, www.mindasihatkkm.com, www.reachout.my or the Well being Ministry official portal.
