Topic Tuesday// Speak Up: The Power in Using Your Voice // Tuesday 30th January 2024 5:30-7PM AEDT

Great questions @Quilly, and important! For my part, I feel like a lot depends on context and the specific situation. I'm really curious if anyone else in the community has any ideas? @exploring @chibam @Loiter @Patchworks @Shaz51 @Oaktree @nula_ray @Glisten @Snowie

I'm suffering a headache so signing off. I'll read up the conversation later! 🙂

Aww hugs @Patchworks , hope you feel better soon 💖

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@amber22 wrote:

How might speaking up relate to safety and self-expression?

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There are obvious safety risks to speaking up earnestly. The obvious example is that if you speak up in terms of revealing your suicidalness, you run the risk of having your freedoms taken away from you (e.g. by being committed). So there is a need to be careful when speaking up and to mind what you say. Makes honesty very difficult in many situations, TBH.

Rest up and I hope you feel better soon! @Patchworks

Thank you for joining us for the first bit 🙂

@oscbeep , @amber22

I think having a sare place like the sane forum where we can share our voice and stories to help us have the confidence to speak up

Onto our next question for @oscbeep

How can we put into action what our values are?