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01-17-2018, 10:23 PM
Seize the Awkward campaign wants to help you talk to a friend about their mental health
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We've all been there before: A friend or loved one feels down, maybe even depressed, but we're not sure how to raise the subject. Will it offend them? Could it make them feel worse?*
Those fears might convince us that staying silent is the best bet, but a new campaign called Seize the Awkward (http://www.Seizetheawkward.org) wants to help people get past such concerns so they can provide support to someone who may really need it.*
SEE ALSO: Two Apple investors want the company to study limiting children's iPhone use (http://mashable.com/2018/01/07/apple-iphone-kids/)
The initiative launches Wednesday with a quirky PSA featuring Broadway star Gideon Glick. Dressed in a brown turtleneck, Glick pops up in the most awkward scenarios: two football players using urinals in a bathroom, a couple staring at the ceiling as they lay naked in bed, two besties sitting in silence as one tries to ask the other how she's doing.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/17/seize-the-awkward-mental-health-suicide-prevention/)
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We've all been there before: A friend or loved one feels down, maybe even depressed, but we're not sure how to raise the subject. Will it offend them? Could it make them feel worse?*
Those fears might convince us that staying silent is the best bet, but a new campaign called Seize the Awkward (http://www.Seizetheawkward.org) wants to help people get past such concerns so they can provide support to someone who may really need it.*
SEE ALSO: Two Apple investors want the company to study limiting children's iPhone use (http://mashable.com/2018/01/07/apple-iphone-kids/)
The initiative launches Wednesday with a quirky PSA featuring Broadway star Gideon Glick. Dressed in a brown turtleneck, Glick pops up in the most awkward scenarios: two football players using urinals in a bathroom, a couple staring at the ceiling as they lay naked in bed, two besties sitting in silence as one tries to ask the other how she's doing.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/17/seize-the-awkward-mental-health-suicide-prevention/)
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