Sunday, 22 December 2019

Awarness of Epliespy and mental health

I watched a documentary on a late 70s band called Joy Division who became New Order in the early to mid-80s. Ian Curtis used to be the lead singer of Joy Division who suffered major Depression and as time went on major Epilepsy.  I know it's heading towards Xmas but this documentary couldn't help but inspire me to write a short report and the awareness of Mental Health and Epilepsy.

This made me think that the illnesses and conditions Ian was facing may have bough on his suicide to end his life at such a young age of 23 back in May 1980, which were sadly there was any awareness, education, help or support back then, therefore the way things are going with the funding today for Mental health, Epilesspy, other illnesses, conditions, etc the fear is that we could be going back to how things were in the 70s, 80s and before that. We also need those of us who face these illnesses, conditions we need to raise awareness and education those people who don't mainly for those who have involved the lives who do.


Ian Curtis was a famous pop star was he must have felt he was finding hard to hold down his career, also may have felt dependant on his band members, other workers around, family and friends. In the documentary, a band member or worker said when Ian saw the doctor about his Epliespy, his doctor said to get to bed early, which wasn't an easy one when been in the pop business, someone else said if only Ian even said for him and the band to take some time off, where I think what this person felt Ian meant that stress was getting to Ian. 

How can we support people facing the same or and similar things in the future?

Funding and raising money for those in these situations to help them to have equal lives to other people as much as possible.

Educate and raise awareness of as many illnesses, conditions, disabilities, etc as possible to those in their lives.
We can never force anyone to tell us, someone, where, etc how someone is feeling and why. Some times for some people there's no real reasons and answers really. Whether someone has nothing or everything, no one should be misunderstood for being ungrateful to life. It doesn't necessarily mean we are ungrateful to what's around us only how we feel inside.
The tricky thing is that it's understandable that we don't want others knowing our business or and we are careful who we tell what and trust is a very hard thing even though a lot of services have to work around confidently but all the same it is understandable how many of us don't comfortable going for counselling, emotional support etc.
 It's not anyone's rights to force information out of people but all the same suffering in silent doesn't do us any good either, even more concerning if or when there's not a reason we feel as we do. When I had my break down in 1997 which was pretty much when counselling and emotional support services became possible I refused to try at first I was worried that others would have thought I was out my mind and going round the bend, even though I told a lot of people how I was feeling but then I had a lot of people telling me I just had to get on with life, which I understand I guess thinking about now not many people knew what to say to me other than that but it was and wasn't making positive difference in life. When I picked up the courage to go for counselling, emotional support etc I found, I wasn't of course what to do but empowered to a point where I was telling my counsellor at the time what I was going to do to move my life forward and how which was that I got myself into writing poetry but other people find other ways to move forward. No one can force anyone to do anything but there's help no one has to suffer in silence. However'  funding needs to be putting into these services because the worrying risk is that more people will be suffering in silence and more risks of people taking their own lives, which the numbers in that are high enough already we need to try and bring the numbers down or none at all.

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Moving forward from what we did in October.


HELPING YOU TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR AND ALL PROBLEMS AND HELPING YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR PLACEMENT.

YOUR STUDYING PLAN WITH 7 TASKS.

What a learning disability and or other problems?  Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Autism, what else?
When and how can disabilities or and problems happen? Before, during or after birth,
How do disabilities or and other problems affect lives? household skills, education, finding a job. What else?
The positives of disabilities or and all problems. Arts, talents, achievements, etc. What else?
How can you support people's disabilities or and all problems?
Name forms of communication. For eg; sign language, mackintye, non-verbal communication, verbal communication. What else?
About accessibly/ accessible information, easy read, etc. What else?


Studying advice, you may look at loads of hands, etc and think, oh no I have I got to do all this one go? I haven't got time for this I have to do etc, etc so.  No, you do not have to do it all in one day. I can't speak for the other lectures and the work they may give but I'm only at the university less than part-time so there's no time limit with me but just because you won't see very often doesn't mean I won't interested in what learn you off me. Feel free to drop an email even if it's very small amount of information to tell me what you have learned and anything you may want to ask me etc, even if it's not everything I say and as long you are learning something off and that I have achieved teaching you as much as you may learn of me, my email is sarajgorman@gmail.com. I hope this website helps as well as my teaching session when I'm in Unversity. Those who may be on facebook please feel free to join my disability facebook group which covers mostly what will be learning off this course in the 3 yrs you're in the university, it's called Always Learn About Disability And Or All Problems + Never Judge Them, thank you.

 I understand you won't have time to do a lot at a time with placements etc. I would advise you to do at least up half-hour study either a task at the time starting from, for eg; what is a learning disability or even just a paragraph, however much you have time for.

You need to look at how people with disabilities or and all problems want or and need to be supported. This could mean looking at a person's center plan or care, which could be mean many things like housing, do they want to live alone or do they want to live with someone? Other examples of making friends, partners, connecting with family or and moving into adulthood, one, some or all of those, maybe even other things.

Just to say sorry to those of you who may be on my Learning Disability group on Facebook for changing name because of an ex Admin having removed a lot of people off this group. I changed the name because most people may have thought we have either closed the group or blocked them even though I did Pm most people to invite them back, think some came back and some didn't. Here it is under a new name anyway. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1946122655508315/?ref=group_header https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2019/12/living-with-disabilities-or-and-all.html?fbclid=IwAR1wQAEcyvfdMSecrA8jIxyl_y0XIollcDgRYkdYPzJgOZNXHiUJ2rTMGh8