It’s Friday afternoon, Nicholas replies “ Happy weekend to you too” in lower voice “It doesn’t seems to be a happy weekend”. He feels persistently unhappy. And he can no longer cope. He decides to go to bed and take a nap. Hoping that the low mood goes away, but it doesn’t. He feels stress even on the free times. He decides to talk to his friend Joe. Joe picks the phone up and starts the call with “Hello drama queen”. He realized it wasn’t a good idea. He remembered that he saw a poster about anonymous chat application called “TrustPal”. He downloads the application. And he logs in using his Soton ID and a nickname. He clicks talk to mentor tap on the application. Natalie (mentor) accept a chat live request from “drama queen” (Nicholas’s nick name). She asks him, after listening to his issue, to take mood assessment quiz in NHS website. Nicholas scored higher than the average degree of anxiety. Natalie gives him a high support. She also provides information about support groups in Trustpal and links to university and NHS services. She asked him to keep in touch. Nicholas feels good when he founds someone who cares about his problem. And he promise Natalie he will be better soon.
Resources:
1.Mood self assessment by NHSÂ http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/pages/mood-self-assessment.aspx
2. image reference http://goodmenproject.com