Celeb guests talk about mental health in 2nd BRATS

Following its successful launch last month, the Boy R. Abunda Talk Series (BRATS) is holding another interesting round of sharing life stories from guest speakers, interacting with the audience and delivering inspiring messages from Boy himself on July 25, 7 p.m., at the Satin Room 2 of Seda Vertis North.

BRATS will focus on mental health to encourage people to speak up about their own experiences and share their views with individuals who may be struggling to explain what they are going through. According to Mentalhealth.gov, mental Boy Abunda

health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices. If one experiences mental health problems, his thinking, mood and behavior could be affected.

Just recently, news involving the suicide deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef, author and TV host Anthony Bourdain shocked the world. The cause of the disheartening act was linked to depression. No one knew what was going through inside of them days or even hours before they cut their lives short.

What’s best for any individual is to never be ashamed to openly talk about how he/she feels and to share what goes through the mind to identify early on the source of the problem.

As what Boy said in his BRATS opening remarks, people need to talk to each other. “We need to touch each other’s lives. We need to listen to each other. We are in a wired generation. One of our goals is to go back to the basics. To enjoy laughter, aspirations and conversations. And it should be experienced live.”

In BRATS: Mental Health, guest speakers are Miss International 2016 Kylie Versoza, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Bela Padilla, NGO advocate Quennie Maravillas and student Nykko Bautista.

(For details, call Bemz Benedito at 0917-9984584 or Rufino Hirang at 0917-8254214. You can also e-mail boyrabundatalks@ gmail.com.)