Spread Joy Day
Spread Joy Day
Spread Joy Day is an interactive exhibition dedicated to mental health awareness and suicide prevention. A smile and a conversation can make all the difference.
If you notice someone exhibiting significant changes in behavior, offer a smile and let them know you’re there to listen. We have the ability to show support and encourage people to seek help.
Signs that may indicate a person is experiencing mental challenges:
- Mood swings
- Social withdrawal and isolation
- Changes in sleep patterns
- Expressing feelings of being a burden
Circumstances that can trigger mental challenges:
- Changes in work
- Mourning over loss
- Changes in relationship status
- Mental stress (work, studies, or social pressure)
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Preparing for the conversation:
- Be in the right mindset to approach the person.
- Dedicate enough time for a meaningful conversation.
- Ensure that you are the right person to lead the conversation.
Preparing for the conversation:
- Be in the right mindset to approach the person.
- Dedicate enough time for a meaningful conversation.
- Ensure that you are the right person to lead the conversation.
Approach:
- Remain calm and friendly.
- Express concern towards the person in front of you.
- Avoid being judgmental
- Facilitate the conversation by asking open-ended questions.
Approach:
- Remain calm and friendly.
- Express concern towards the person in front of you.
- Avoid being judgmental
- Facilitate the conversation by asking open-ended questions.
Active Listening:
- Listen carefully and attentively.
- Choose a suitable location that is quiet and private.
- Recognize the challenges the person is facing
- Avoid hostility and focus on building trust
- If they are not engaged in the conversation:
- Remind them that you are available at other, more convenient times
- Ask if there is someone else they’d rather talk to
Active Listening:
- Listen carefully and attentively.
- Choose a suitable location that is quiet and private.
- Recognize the challenges the person is facing
- Avoid hostility and focus on building trust
- If they are not engaged in the conversation:
- Remind them that you are available at other, more convenient times
- Ask if there is someone else they’d rather talk to
Encouragement:
- Encourage the flow of the conversation by asking follow-up questions. (Ex. How does that make you feel? How long have you felt that way?)
- Share ideas for coping and stress relief.
- Offer to do something together, like meeting for coffee.
- Suggest seeking professional help if needed:
- Offer to help them find the right help
- Remind them that a lot of people seek out mental health professionals and find it helpful
Encouragement:
- Encourage the flow of the conversation by asking follow-up questions. (Ex. How does that make you feel? How long have you felt that way?)
- Share ideas for coping and stress relief.
- Offer to do something together, like meeting for coffee.
- Suggest seeking professional help if needed:
- Offer to help them find the right help
- Remind them that a lot of people seek out mental health professionals and find it helpful
Support:
- Call the person once a week to check-in.
- Remind them you are thinking of them.
- Evaluate how things have been going since your last conversation.
- Follow-up with them to reassure them that they’re not alone.
- Suggest seeking professional help if necessary and involve family and friends to provide additional support.
Support:
- Call the person once a week to check-in.
- Remind them you are thinking of them.
- Evaluate how things have been going since your last conversation.
- Follow-up with them to reassure them that they’re not alone.
- Suggest seeking professional help if necessary and involve family and friends to provide additional support.
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