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Name: Make it OK - Lisa's Story
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During this Mental Health Awareness Month, McFarland Clinic is committed to promoting mental health awareness in the community and in our workplace. Lisa Petersen is a Patient Registration Representative at McFarland Clinic in Marshalltown. She became a Make it OK Ambassador because of her passion for reducing the stigma of mental illness. Watch as Lisa shares her personal story of mental illness and how Make it OK has been valuable to her. For links about Make It OK and the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, and to learn how to become a Make It OK Ambassador, visit https://bit.ly/3V72eAl. #MakeItOK #makeitokiowa

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[Music] Make it OK is a program that�� the primary goal actually is to end�� stigma around mental illness, because people�� should not be ashamed or embarrassed about�� any condition that they have. Doesn't mean they�� have to tell everybody every detail every time,�� but at least enough to be comfortable�� that they can speak to their provider�� or someone who can help them get the help�� they need. I have major depressive disorder�� with occasional suicidal ideation. I have�� ADHD, I was diagnosed very late in life but�� it's made a tremendous amount of difference.�� I also have PTSD that is directly related to�� childhood trauma that took place from the time�� I was 2 years old until I was 21. It's very�� important that I didn't feel like people looked at�� me differently, that I wasn't able to do my job,�� shatever insecurities come up. Because not only do�� we have the insecurity of what mental illness does�� to how we think about ourselves, but then we know�� what society thinks too, and we don't want society�� to think that anymore. The number one thing is to�� go to the website. There's all sorts of resources.�� There's lists of when someone's speaking to you,�� don't say this, say this. How can I be that safe�� person for someone to speak to? And there's also�� all sorts of telephone numbers and information�� for people that are struggling with any kind of�� mental health problem. And then there's some that�� are geared towards more specific demographics.�� And you can find yourself realizing that there�� is a lot of information out there available to�� us, we just need to know that it's there and�� to look for it. My hope is that people can speak�� to their co-workers, to the community, people in�� the community, that they can��even if they see that�� there's a patient or a coworker, anybody they come�� in contact with that appears to be in distress,�� it's OK to just say, "Are you OK?" And if they do�� say anything about, "Well actually I'm struggling�� with...", a great followup to that then would be,�� "Have you talked to your provider about that? I�� think they'd like to hear that part of it. That's�� an important part of your health care as well."�� You know if you help that one person, you may�� in fact be saving a life. Just say something to�� let them know that you see them. And if they say,�� "Oh no, everything's fine," they heard you�� ask, and that can mean a lot to people. [Music]

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