(CBS Detroit) – “Everybody vs. Stigma” week gave students the opportunity to learn and speak about mental health education and wellness at Northville High School.
“Take care. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.” Mental health advocate and former Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple When asked what he hoped students would get from the mental health seminars he spoke for, he said.
The “Everybody vs. Stigma” week concluded with a seminar featuring Hipple as a guest speaker. The day featured speakers, private his journaling sessions, and therapy dogs for students after his week full of mental health awareness events.
Hipple came to speak to the students to share his story as an outreach expert. He lost his 15-year-old son to suicide and says his experience motivates him to speak at school.
“And I don’t want to see another child have to go through that. And I certainly don’t want to see a parent go through the same and have to lose someone.” says Hipple.
“This is the biggest way to bring awareness to all of these different mental illnesses and help people live better lives,” 11th grader Zahra Kagal said of the seminar.
kagal is a secretary color my world club At Northville High School, we are a student mental health awareness group. She said they played a small part in bringing the “Everybody vs Stigma” week together when it came to providing student feedback.
Events like Color Run 2022 help groups raise funds to provide peer-to-peer mental health outreach. Hearing stories like Hipples is helping the Color my World club reach out to everyone struggling with mental health, not just students behind the walls of Northville High School, Kagal said. Is called.
“Within our school, I hope that a bigger conversation starts with something that many people find either embarrassing or otherwise. I hope it becomes a more comfortable part of our conversation,” says Kagal.
