Episode 42
Tom van den Hurk & David Barbour – Sharing stories of survival
"When I was a teenager I just felt I couldn't carry this pain any longer, it was just too much"
Key takeaways from this podcast
- There is huge value in just pausing and taking a little while longer before taking any actions.
- If you stop and pause then hopefully you will find other routes out of your pain.
Every 2 hours a man in the UK takes his own life. Inspired by that appalling statistic, film makers Tom van den Hurk and Dr Isa Rao spoke to 3 men about their mental health in their compelling documentary film, A Little While Longer, filmed on Arran. In this episode Tom van den Hurk and David Barbour, who took part in the film, talk candidly about their own experiences of surviving suicide and the value of breaking down stigma through stories.
Take away: Shona Macpherson talks about the value of pausing and staying ‘just a little while longer’, long enough to hopefully find other routes out of a place of pain.
Watch A Little While Longer here
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