New video released on World Mental Health Day as part of UNICEF’s #OnMyMind campaign.
New York / Paris, October 10, 2022 – In a moving video released on World Mental Health Day, UNICEF Ambassador Orlando Bloom tells how an accident – which nearly claimed his life as a teenager – affected his health mental.
In this video, released as part of the campagne #OnMyMind from UNICEF, Orlando Bloom confides frankly to the camera and talks regarding the broken back he suffered at the age of 19, following falling from the third floor of a building.
« This experience truly constituted for me the starting point of a long and painful journey towards becoming aware of the cause and effect relationship between certain lifestyles that I had adopted and my numerous accidents.“, remembers the actor in the video. ” The months following this accident were rather dark. As I had always had a very active life, I suddenly felt very limited. And then I suffered a lot. »
UNICEF’s #OnMyMind campaign aims to normalize conversations regarding mental health and promote action for all children and young people.
« Mental health is particularly complex because it is invisible“, continues Orlando Bloom. « It is really essential to reach out to others, to talk to them, to find someone to communicate with that will change and evolve.«
According to the latest available estimates, it is estimated that more than one in seven adolescents aged 10 to 19 lives with a diagnosed mental disorder in the world. The majority of the 800,000 people who die by suicide each year are young people, and suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among young people aged 15 to 19.
« For too many children and young people in the world, stigma, misunderstanding and lack of recognition of mental health issues prevent them from seeking the support they need” , said Paloma Escudero, Director of Global Communications and Advocacy, UNICEF. « By breaking the silence around mental health issues and encouraging children and young people to open up regarding their experiences, we can collectively normalize talking regarding mental health and seeking support in this area, and end the harmful impact of stigma and discrimination.«
On this World Mental Health Day, UNICEF encourages young people, their parents, friends and communities to learn regarding mental health, break the stigma around it and engage in dialogue that connects and enables more children and young people to get the support they need.
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