Feeling positive this afternoon as I am able to contribute to something that is important to me 🙂
I was able to attend a meeting this afternoon that was a youth engagement committee for the establishment of a youth mental health service in out town, (lol I am somewhat outside of the demographic they were expecting). I am excited that we will be able to link into this organisation with our newly formed mental health peer support group at the university that a group of students including myself have formed. It gives me a sense of satisfaction to be contributing to something for the benefit of others.
As an added bonus I found out about a support network for carers of people with mental illness in our own town. This is something I have researched and previously been told there was nothing locally... even within reasonable travelling distance, so I have received some personal benefit in seeking to help others, Now I eagerly await relevant contact information to be forwarded as there is at least one other student at the university that I know will benefit from this info.
