This morning in three hours, peer specialists at Here Tomorrow in Neptune Beach took nearly 100 calls from people who had mental health questions about themselves or others
in Neptune Beach took nearly 100 calls from people who had mental health questions about themselves or others. It was part of a partnership with The Morning Show to draw attention to the services offered by the local mental health collaborative.Teen Suicide: Melanie Lawson shares a personal story because we need to start talking
As we’ve learned this week, depression and suicide do not discriminate. During our phone bank Friday at Here Tomorrow, we met Miss Fletcher High School Logan Smedley, who started having anxiety at 11 years old. With counseling, she’s been able to manage it, and she now wants to help others do the same thing.“I feel that it’s very overwhelming and since everyone feels it’s normal in high school and it really isn’t, we all need to help each take ownership and say this is a problem.
The concept that a trained peer specialist can be a great resource in a space that comes with so much stigma is what motivated cofounder Joe Kenney -- who also lost his 30-year-old son to suicide -- to start Here Tomorrow. “Gary took his life and at his funeral we decided we were going to change this,” Kenney said. “We were going to put something together that we were going to help and we started the idea and started building on it.”
Here Tomorrow is just one resource available to you. You can talk to a specialist from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on the weekends and get no-cost counseling from a trained peer specialist who can relate to your need for help.
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