“I stop and ask for help.” It was the title of the evening attended by adolescents and young people up to the age of 30, organized by the Parish Community, represented by Don Gianluca Dei Cas and the Municipality, which led to reflection on the fact that “asking for help is an act of courage, it means recover from complicated situations and do it in the right time before life becomes further complicated”. Many were present, among them the representatives of the groups Punto Famiglie, Punto di Ascolto e di Aiuto, Open Space of the CaG Youth Aggregation Centre, Alcoholics Anonymous Group, Auto Mutuo Help Group of the families of Alcoholics Anonymous and bereavement, Ama per group family members of people with mental disorders, Word Group for separated parents.
Rupani
Cristina Rupani, councilor for personal policies, education, community solidarity, specialized in psychotherapy, began by reporting the words of the journalist Massimo Gramellini. “Are we capable of asking ourselves what hurts us? Do we have the courage to ask for help, rather than looking for external culprits for our discomfort or even denying it? Asking for help is an act of humility stronger than shame, a test of maturity, awareness , is abandoning yourself, the opposite of giving up. Those who ask for help almost always end up repairing their own cracks and those of the relationships in which they are involved.” Thus Rupani: “In my experience I happen to find myself faced with people who are afraid of having made the wrong choice in requesting psychotherapeutic support. But this instead means being able to give their pain the importance it deserves, finding tools to manage the discomfort , give yourself the chance to feel a little less alone.” Rupani captured the attention of young people, using their language, including musical language, quoting Sangiovanni who sings about mental health in Sanremo.
