Chris Spino
Professor Amoroso
English 110, Section 1
9 September 2017
Dr. Anne Hallward presented an amazing speech to an audience during a Ted Talk. She is a psychiatrist, but isn’t the usual psychiatrist. Dr. Hallward is a psychiatrist that deals with what people don’t want to talk about. She really digs deep to find out who a person truly is and what subject makes a person uncomfortable. Most of her speech was related to her first hand experiences with patients, but there was some evidence used and built upon during her speech. She presented an amazing speech with many great claims, but one stood out in particular.
The claim that stood out the most was a claim she stated regarding individual healing and how speaking to someone can help greatly. Dr. Hallward said, “They talk to their partner, their best friend, their family. And that’s wonderful. That’s really what we hope for. That’s what I would call the process of individual healing. This is what it looks like, this is how it is” (Hallward 3). This stands out because it really puts into perspective what a person going through a loss in the family, depression, anxiety, or any other symptom really goes through. Individual healing for some is the hardest part. Having someone bring you to a psychiatrist or a doctor to get medication will help a little, but it won’t solve the problem until one realises it is time to speak up. Speaking to family, a trustworthy friend, or a partner can really help a person out and feel relieved that it is okay to have these feelings.
She also says, “But I, as you know, I had this idea of not wanting to waste that struggle, that feeling that, that story could be used to benefit so many other people” (Hallward 3). Dr. Hallward is completely right in the sense of feeling that happiness of helping someone else. If one person shares their story, it could benefit so many other people and make those people realize that they are not alone in life. That what they are going through, others experience or have experienced the same hardships.
This claim is very relevant because not every person has the ability to speak up to someone and it can be very difficult for someone to do so. When she told this to her audience it put into perspective that someone can not easily speak out. This triggered people to think that they can approach someone and reach out to them if they need help. It lets people know that helping someone can save a life and can make a huge impact on a person. Reaching out to someone can help the person dealing with these problems realize that is okay to speak to a person because they care.
