Mental health event brings community together
Close to 3,000 people from the Battlefords area came together for what was essentially a huge sharing circle at the Civic Centre Thursday evening, focusing on mental health.
TSN sports personality Michael Landsberg, as well as a number of guests including Rock band One Bad Son, spoke to the community in words and music to help everyone who has been impacted by several youth suicides in the past few months, including one youth in the past week. Landsberg, founder of the mental health awareness charity #SickNotWeak, shared his personal challenges with depression during the event.
One Bad Son singer Shane Volk, who grew up in Kerrobert, also shared his own struggles with mental health, and encouraged anyone dealing with mental problems to seek help.
“If you can find one person to talk to, as you probably know, that’s how it starts,” he said. “It doesn’t mean you have to share with the world to start; just share, just get it out to somebody.”