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Taking care of your wellbeing at uni!

Real stories and practical tips to help you through uni life ❤️

Henry's Story

What can we do about it?

So, what can we do to shift this mental health landscape?
‍It’s okay if we feel overwhelmed or a little helpless – the reality of young people’s mental health landscape in Australia can be confronting. If we learn how to channel these feelings and frustrations into change, we can make a huge difference for ourselves and our community. We just need the right tools.

‍One of the most powerful tools in stigma-reduction is ‍lived experience storytelling, so in a second, we will hear from Henry.

‍Henry is one of batyr’s Storytellers, and he will be sharing about his personal mental health journey. If you feel like you need a breather at any point during Henry’s story, it’s okay to take some time away from the screen. Come back if and when you feel ready to.

Lived experience refers to the personal insight someone gains through directly navigating mental ill-health, including their experiences with seeking help, recovery, and the systems around them. It includes how someone has made sense of their experience, what they’ve learned through it, and how that insight can be shared to support others, reduce stigma, and influence positive change. Lived experience is shaped by social, cultural, and structural factors.

As another reflection exercise, take some time to answer the following:

For someone going through a tough time, what would be the positive impact of listening to a story like Henry’s?

Click on all options that resonate with you.

Give them a sense of hope that there is always a way out

Practical tips on how to take charge of their mental health

Help them feel more comfortable reaching out for support

If you found Henry’s story inspiring, and you’d like to hear more powerful lived experience storytelling, check out OurHerd. OurHerd is a free mental health storytelling app developed by batyr, where you can learn to safely share your own story, and find a community of hope & support.

If you feel inspired to turn your own journey into a powerful Lived Experience story, you can participate in our Being Herd workshop.

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OurHerd would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We value their cultures, identities and continuing connection to country, waters, kin and community. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. Storytelling plays such an important role in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It is a way of passing on knowledge and learning. As an organisation founded on the power of storytelling, this is something that resonates with us at batyr. There is so much we can learn and can continue to learn from our First Nations People.
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