New Job

Here’s the issue with therapy or mental health support of most kinds that I know of… They can’t be there 24/7 unless you’re locked up. And half the things you really want someone to be there for is to ground you when your brain malfunctions. Be it a sudden dip in mood, an inability to get out the house, a sudden urge to hurt yourself.

I struggle with arguments. It’s linked to post traumatic stress disorder. officially, anyway. I prefer to think of it as a malfunction in my brain linked to my parents arguements that led to fights. Arguments don’t tend to happen 5 minutes before my therapy session.

But I understand myself. I just need help sometimes when my brain can’t cope.

I can write it down and show my therapist, but that’s after the fact. The help I really need is in those moments of desperation.

Maybe people turn to friends and family. But how long before they start to form opinions. And how many friends and family members actually know how give good advice? My dad is the best because he has been where I’ve been, and where my partner has been. But he’s my dad. He loves me and his view will always be skewed by that.

The answer ? In my opinion; teachers and therapists on demand. I know that teachers are already forced to give children unbiased support whenever they go wrong. No matter how many times. Fancy names like restorative conversations and emotional resilience, pop to mind.

People might turn to Facebook, but then it’s hit or miss with advice and nobody has any reason to be held accountable for their advice. No. Facebook is a dangerous game for advice.

What about teachers and therapists then? (And others I’m sure).

Can we not create a new job where these sorts of professionals can be on the end of a text for someone in need 24/7? We’d take it in shifts of course, a week at a time maybe with an expectation that nobody would do it more than one week out of four. It would be an alternative job for people with certain training. Or an additional option for people in these jobs full time.

We need it really.

Otherwise what hope do we have for the children entering adulthood these days. Mollycoddled by everyone and then suddenly thrust into adulthood, where there are consequences to their actions.

If this is what we are doing in school, then we need to replicate it outside of school. Otherwise we are setting children up to fail.