The video of the call can be found here. (Audio failed to capture participant voices, will be resolved for next meeting)
Today the Perimeter had their eleventh call. There were 9 of us in attendance. The topic of the discussion was managing mental health and stress, led by Ryan Martinez. In this post you'll find key points from the discussion and a video recording from the conference call.
Managing mental health and stress
1st question - how do you feel sharing mental health with those around you?
Ryan and Carlos both deal with it in their relationships - opening up to SO’s
Carlos is more comfortable with opening up to friends
Austin feels comfortable sharing with SO, but not so much w/ family
Armani/Austin don’t always want to involve parents - too close
Easier to open up to strangers sometimes
GF’s want the guy to open up - how they approach it can affect our response
2nd question - how has mental health been approached by your family
Do we want our approach to be different than that of our parents?
Mental health is more easily approachable as a topic now - our generation has had more exposure than our parents
At the same time it's hard to feel like you’re talking down to your parents
Armani - Lead the conversation with your own experience, and make it something that appeals to them without telling them to do something
3rd Question - What do you do to manage your mental stress
Guy - questions why, good diet/good sleep, exercise
Carlos likes to acknowledge all his stressors so he can formulate game plan
Austin likes to force himself to socialize
Hartman - historically people struggled more with external problems (war, poverty, famine), modern people face more internal problems (rejecting universal truths and morals)
Armani - Story of the Chinese emperor - deal with what’s inside to be able to handle the outside problems
Guy - sat down and wrote about how everything is going in his life
4th Q - do you feel like caring about mental health is weak or emasculating?
Overwhelming response was no, not weak
Hartman - being emasculated can cause mental strife - gives you emotions to share
5th Question - Is it important to talk about mental health
6th Q - is mental health an appropriate convo
Austin - it is relevant because it stimulates discourse
7th Q - Is it important to manage mental help or easier to push it away/ignore
Mike - certain things/anxieties you have to address in order to be able to perform
Address problem at hand, handle the mental health after/rest and recover
Call to action:
Setting up Tribal Gathering at Onion Valley