The best support can come from the most unexpected place

Having people around for both the good and bad times is so underrated… and for this I am thankful on this Thanksgiving day for the friends and family near and far who’ve been there when I needed it most these past couple of years.

One of the most peculiar things I have found in times of trauma, crisis or grief is you never know who will be in your support system when you need it most. And you never know what that support will be… it might be just having a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, an invitation to do something, words of wisdom, a hand to help, or a hug for comfort. Sometimes the best support can come from the most unexpected place during an unforeseen situation.

Coincidentally, today is also World Mental Health Day with the theme of “psychological first aid“. When terrible things happen, not only should people be able to provide first aid, but also be able to reach out with a helping hand to those who are affected and provide much-needed psychological support. Empathy and psychological first aid is definitely useful… we will at some point in our lives be at the receiving or supporting end of a trauma, crisis or grief.

General health care never consists of physical first aid alone.

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