DISCLAIMER: This episode involves conversations around suicide. If this could be triggering for you, please contact your local support service.Suicide can affect all of us. That is why this week I’m talking all about mental health and suicidality with lived experience practitioner Victoria Lynne Carrier. We discuss ideas like rumination, doom scrolling, self care, mindfulness, lived experience, conversations around suicide, finding support, peer groups, reaching crisis point, calling life line and prevention versus postvention.Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/o6wGl5cjQsEVictoria is a lived experience practitioner in the suicide prevention service of LifeConnect and Neami National. Her work focuses on community outreach, training people to better understand suicide and become better prepared to help anybody who might be struggling with mental health and suicidality. Get guest updates and submit your listener questions via Instagram: https://instagram.com/travellingscience/During this episode, a donation was made to the Black Dog Institute: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/If you'd like to support this podcast and the charities we donate to each week, you can make a contribution here: https://www.patreon.com/thetravellingscientistThank you for making a positive change in the world!NEAMI National Websitehttps://www.neaminational.org.au/our-services/suicide-prevention/lifeconnect/Roses in the ocean is another great suicide prevention grouphttps://rosesintheocean.com.au/Rainbow door offers mental health support for the LGBTIQA+ communityhttps://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/🖥 Check out our website - https://www.travellingscientist.com💌  Sign up to our weekly email newsletter - https://bit.ly/3CaLQCM🎬 Check out the YouTube Channel- https://youtube.com/thetravellingscientist📘 Join the Facebook Community - https://facebook.com/travellingscientist🕺🏼 Science Shorts on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@travellingscience🐦  If you’re still on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessejcroweSupport the show

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