In honor of World Mental Health Day, English Football League (the Championship) side Norwich City Football Club shared a remarkable yet devastating suicide awareness video on their social media accounts.
The video — which is captioned “At times, it can be obvious when someone is struggling to cope, but sometimes the signs are harder to spot” — is a montage of two middle-aged friends going to Norwich City matches together.
Rather than continuing to describe it to you, you can watch the video below:
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.
Check in on those around you.#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans pic.twitter.com/ZC50AH5thl
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) October 10, 2023
In the video, while one of the two friends is clearly the more outwardly jovial of the pair, that serves as the message of the piece as he is ultimately the one who was struggling with suicidal thoughts.
It’s not only an extremely important message but extremely well-executed by Norwich City — a club that frequently makes its way up to the Premier League — as evidenced by the way in which it’s gone viral since being posted in the early hours of October 10. At the time of this writing, the post has over 60,000 likes on Twitter.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, the 988 Lifeline, according to their website, “provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.”
If you are in the United Kingdom, where Norwich City is based, the Samaritans helpline can be reached by dialing 116 123. They are also available 24/7, 365 days a year.
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