By Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador
Lyle discusses his feelings with his SLP to submit his blog for Mental Health Month.
SLP: What does mental health mean to you
Lyle: I don't know
SLP: Do you feel like you experience anxiety, depression, anger towards anyone or anything?
Lyle: Yes, I don’t know. Explain.
Lyle: People talk me date staff me dont date staff.
SLP: Did the staff say you were dating someone?
Lyle: People tell mess drama
SLP: How did that make you feel?
Lyle: I’m I feel mad frustrated uncomfortable
SLP: Did you tell the staff how you were feeling?
Lyle: Her not work more me in his group home
SLP: Does she not work at the group home anymore?
Lyle: yes, old group home
SLP: Are there more people you can talk to at your new group home?
Lye: Yes
SLP: Have you ever felt anxious before
Lyle: yes
SLP: can you tell me a little more about you being anxious
Lyle: is not
SLP: can you tell us some things that give you anxiety
Lyle: People talk bad me me hear I feel weird people
SLP: What makes you feel weird about people?
Lyle: People tell me normal, me explain help.
SLP: Can you explain it a little more to me, what you mean.
Lyle: I don’t know
SLP: want me to move onto my next question, it is going to be another hard question.
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Have you ever felt depressed
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What makes you feel depressed or what made you feel depressed in the past?
Lyle: I don’t like being disabled
SLP: What about being disabled is the hardest for you?
Lyle: Me not normal stuff people at normal want do stuff myself ask people tell do out
SLP: You have to rely on everyone to help you do things
Lyle: Yes
SLP: If you were more independent, do you think that would help?
Lyle: Yes, big help me, me tired tell people I want to do stuff
SLP: It must be exhausting telling someone I want do stuff
Lyle: Yes
SLP: If you were more independent what would you want to do?
Lyle: I want job I want pay off home
SLP: I like those goals Lyle.
Lyle: I want family my family
SLP: thank you for sharing that with me, I know it's hard to talk about.
Lyle: Yes
SLP: If you had a job, what type of job would you want?
Lyle: Me make video game.
SLP: Would it be a car racing game?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Would you want to live here or some place else?
Lyle: Myho
SLP: What do you do when youre feeling depressed to feel better
Lyle: I like talk people I like. Go out places. Yes i like hear music.
SLP: Like the music that was playing when we first came in here?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What are other things that can make you happy when you are feeling depressed?
Lyle: Watch movie funny
SLP: What’s your favorite funny movie to watch?
Lyle: me funny video on Facebook
SLP: Do you like to watch more funny videos or movies?
Lyle: Watch video funny
SLP: Is there anything else that helps you feel better?
Lyle: I like me talk people
SLP: What is your favorite thing to talk to people about?
Lyle: Movies.
SLP: Do you think it’s easy or hard to talk to people about certain things
Lyle: Hard
SLP: Is it hard to talk about your feelings
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you like to share with people
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you think it's hard because you don't know how to explain it?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you feel like you are getting your message across when talking about your feelings?
Lyle: Maybe
SLP: Do you feel like you are holding your feelings back sometimes?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: When you hold your feelings back, does it feel good or bad?
Lyle: Bad
SLP: Do you want to be able to tell them more? What more do you want to tell them?
Lyle: Yes, I don't know, me not look hard on communication device. Me not look hard to explain communication device.
SLP: Are you missing the vocabulary on your device?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you stop trying when you can’t find a word?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What do you want people to know about anxiety and depression as someone who uses a communication device?
Lyle: The hard work communication device, I feel mad explain on talk people.
SLP: Does your anxiety come from commincation device feeling like it's hard to talk to people?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What is it you want people to know about the hard work you put in to talk to people?
Lyle: Me down mad, me I know word not on communication device, Allie Jane.
SLP: So, since adding this new word to your device, do you think you'll be able to better communicate this new feeling (calm down) to people?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you think it can give you more time to process how you are feeling when you can’t come up with the right words?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: I feel like this new emotion that you added can give you more time to process how you are feeling, and give you more time to think about how you are feeling. Do you think having more vocabulary on your device helps with your mental health?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What are things that help you stay happy and don't cause depression and anxiety?
Lyle: me see friends people
SLP: What's something you like to do with them when you see them?
Lyle: I like to watch movie
SLP: what about time with your family? Does that help you stay happy?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: What do you like to do with your family?
Lyle: talk funny
SLP: Do you feel like your mental health has gotten better or worse since coming to this day program?
Lyle: 50/50
SLP: Has your mental health gotten better or worse since moving to a different group home?
Lyle: 50/50
SLP: Do you feel that you have the right support when you are in a mental health crisis?
Lyle: i dont know
SLP: Have you ever tried counseling for your mental health and was it helpful?
Lyle: Yes, and yes, it has
SLP: Do you feel like you can talk about your mental health to your counseling support?
Lyle: Yes
SLP: Do you feel better after talking to your support counselor about your mental health
Lyle: Yes
SLP: what do you do that you think keeps supports your mental health the most?
Lyle: I like do stuff with people. Movies, mall, Walmart. No be at home.
SLP: Do you have any roommates right now?
Lyle: No
SLP: Is that a good thing or bad thing?
Lyle: 50/50
SLP: Is there anything else you want to say about your mental healthy journey?
Lyle: No.
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