Video transcript
Beyond Blue Financial Wellbeing Program
[0:00 Dr Grant Blashki]
the best way that I think about it is
people who aren't under financial pressure, it's like they're riding on their bike and the wind is blowing behind them and everything is possible
and everything seems easy and they don't really have a sense of what it's like for someone when they're riding against the wind
[0:18 Victoria Devine]
when I talk to people about their financial struggles
the biggest thing that stands out to me is that we tie so closely our net worth to whatour self-worth is
[0:27 Rebecca]
it was 2001 the Ansett collapsed
so it was two months after 9 11.
and at the time I wasn't expecting it
I wasn't prepared for it and it was definitely a shock
it was a shock to all of us and within oh gosh I think a week we were all signed up for the dole
[0:54 Peter]
and it was particularly hard because we were quite comfortable financially you know
we had a good house we had a mortgage but we were coping with it quite well you know
had the kids in the whole bit and then
to lose literally everything including
your income and to have virtually
nothing except the clothes on your back
and a small bag of personals was really really hard
[1:16 Martin]
burnt through all my savings on basic
rent and stuff and they ended up going
into debt to my housemates
because I couldn't sustain myself
[1:28 Dr Grant Blashki]
finding a sense of
motivation to actually get back into
things can be quite hard you know
there's a lot of sort of negative
self-talk you know regret guilt perhaps
sense of Shame you know there's a lot of
these sort of things so turning around
those sort of thoughts can take a bit of
time and you need to be really gentle with yourself
[1:51 Lody Sterwart]
when people find out that
there are options and there is help
available there is a sense of relief and
there is a sense of not feeling so alone
in all of this that you know there is help available
particularly that they're not going to be judged
for the circumstances that they find themselves in
[2:15 Peter]
what I learned is when I'm going through difficulty
what is that difficulty
how is it affecting me and what can I do
to get myself out of that negative mental space
[2:30 Rebecca]
I knew that you know
this will pass this too shall pass you
know we went out for a walk and got out in the sunshine
[2:32 Martin]
the hardest thing is opening that first window
even it's even if it's a little a little bit
[2:40 Lody Stewart]
that that is yeah you built
you build that in them that that
fight and that it's amazing to watch people go from
feeling so helpless and almost like a
victim to being I can do this my life is
going to change it's going to be so much better
