July 2, 2021
20. A Safe Space to Get Support and Help: Interview with PeerSpace
Today’s guests are Avantika Jhadhave and Junkie Tankar from PeerSpace, located in India. They selflessly work with a nonprofit organization that they founded called PeerSpace. It is an online platform where people worldwide can ask questions completely an
🐣 About the beginnings of PeerSpace 02:22
💔 The most common questions asked are about anxiety, heartbreak, and relationships. 03:44
🫂 Helping people with very serious problems like suicide. 07:55
🌐 Their site is totally anonymous and open to everyone worldwide. 09:44
📱 Find them on Instagram @PeerSpaceOfficial. 10:47
😇 Using Twitter to post short reminders on important mental health issues.12:41
🩺 PeerSpace is connected with professionals and mental health organizations. 14:41
🤓 On their webinars: They are preparing a webinar about borderline personality disorder. 15:40
🧑🦱Men and boys are less likely to ask for help. 18:24
🧦 Try to put yourself in the other person's shoes but wear your socks. 20:11
💡 Create awareness, try to learn about someone’s problem so you can help, if it's needed. 22:49
⚡ Peerspace is a movement and it is needed to show more empathy. 27:56
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