Today's episode is a collaboration between Tea Buddies and Mind Matters Network.
In conjunction with world suicide prevention month, we have invited Dr Alvin Ng, a professor of psychology and the Associate Dean for the School of Medicine and Life Sciences at Sunway University to discuss the protective role of friendship against suicide.
Our conversation's timestamps:
0 - 1.00: Intro
1:00: What stats tell us
3.52: Protective role of Friendship
12:00: We don't appreciate rejection
12:55: It's the connectedness that matters
13:50: How many Friends, or how meaningful?
15:45: The threshold of meaning
16:40: On having several best friends, instead of only one
18:13: The language we use; best Friends? or becoming Friends?
21:00: Our definitions of a best Friend and how it affects our Friendship
23:12: Tackling the issue of making Friends amidst online learning
28:50: Taking care of ourselves when approaching a suicidal Friend