Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle

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When I was a kid,
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Quan era petita,
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my mom and I made this deal.
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la meva mare i jo vam fer un tracte.
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I was allowed to take three mental health rest days every semester
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Podia agafar-me tres dies de descans per a la salut mental cada semestre
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as long as I continued to do well in school.
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mentre seguís traient bones notes a l'escola.
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This was because I started my mental health journey
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El motiu és que vaig començar el meu camí amb la salut mental
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when I was only six years old.
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quan tenia només sis anys.
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I was always what my grade-school teachers would call "a worrier,"
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Els meus professors sempre deien que era una nena que es preocupava molt,
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but later on we found out that I have trauma-induced anxiety
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però més endavant vam descobrir que patia ansietat causada per un trauma.
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and clinical depression.
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i depressió clínica.
Vaig passar-ho malament mentre em feia gran.
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This made growing up pretty hard.
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I was worried about a lot of things that other kids weren't,
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Em preocupaven moltes coses que no preocupaven altres nens
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and school got really overwhelming sometimes.
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i l'escola podia resultar sovint força aclaparadora.
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This resulted in a lot of breakdowns,
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Això em portava a nombroses crisis,
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panic attacks --
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atacs de pànic...
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sometimes I was super productive,
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A vegades era súper productiva,
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and other days I couldn't get anything done.
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i altres vegades no aconseguia fer res de res.
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This was all happening during a time
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Tot això passava en una època
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when mental health wasn't being talked about
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en què no es parlava tant sobre salut mental
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as much as it is now,
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com es parla ara,
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especially youth mental health.
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sobretot de la dels joves.
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Some semesters I used all of those rest days to the fullest.
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Alguns semestres aprofitava aquells dies de descans al màxim.
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Others, I didn't need any at all.
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Altres, no els necessitava.
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But the fact that they were always an option
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Però el fet que fossin sempre una opció
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is what kept me a happy, healthy and successful student.
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és el que em mantenia feliç, sana i bona estudiant.
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Now I'm using those skills that I learned as a kid
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Ara utilitzo aquelles habilitats que vaig aprendre de nena
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to help other students with mental health challenges.
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per ajudar altres estudiants amb problemes de salut mental.
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I'm here today to offer you some insight into the world of teenage mental health:
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Avui soc aquí per compartir el que sé sobre la salut mental dels adolescents:
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what's going on, how did we get here and what can we do?
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què està passant, com hem arribat aquí i què podem fer?
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But first you need to understand
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Però abans de res heu d'entendre
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that while not everyone has a diagnosed mental illness like I do,
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que tot i que no tothom té detectada una malaltia mental com jo,
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absolutely everyone --
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tothom,
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all of you have mental health.
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absolutament tothom té una salut mental.
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All of us have a brain that needs to be cared for
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Tots tenim un cervell que necessita que el cuidem
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in similar ways that we care for our physical well-being.
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de manera similar a com cuidem el nostre benestar físic.
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Our head and our body are connected by much more than just our neck after all.
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Al final, el cap i el cos estan connectats per molt més que el coll.
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Mental illness even manifests itself in some physical ways,
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Les malalties mentals es poden manifestar, fins i tot, de manera física,
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such as nausea, headaches, fatigue and shortness of breath.
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com ara amb nàusees, mal de cap, fatiga i dificultat per respirar.
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So since mental health affects all of us,
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Com que la salut mental ens afecta a tots,
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shouldn't we be coming up with solutions that are accessible to all of us?
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no hauríem de buscar solucions a l'abast de tothom?
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That brings me to my second part of my story.
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Això em porta a la segona part de la meva història.
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When I was in high school
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Quan estava a l'institut
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I had gotten pretty good at managing my own mental health.
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ja sabia gestionar bastant bé la meva salut mental.
Era bona estudiant
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I was a successful student,
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and I was president of the Oregon Association of Student Councils.
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i era la presidenta de l'Assocació de Consells Estudiantils d'Oregon.
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But it was around this time that I began to realize
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Però va ser en aquella època quan vaig adonar-me
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mental health was much a bigger problem than just for me personally.
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que la salut mental era un problema gran que no m'afectava només a mi.
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Unfortunately, my hometown was touched by multiple suicides
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Malauradament, al meu poble va haver-hi diversos suicidis
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during my first year in high school.
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al llarg del meu primer any d'institut.
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I saw those tragedies shake our entire community,
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Vaig veure com aquelles tragèdies sotragaven tota la comunitat,
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and as the president of a statewide group,
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i, com a presidenta d'una agrupació estatal,
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I began hearing more and more stories
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escoltava moltes històries
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from students where this had also happened in their town.
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d'estudiants que també havien viscut el mateix al seu poble.
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So in 2018 at our annual summer camp,
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Així que al 2018, al nostre campament anual,
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we held a forum with about 100 high school students
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vam organitzar un fòrum amb uns 100 estudiants d'institut
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to discuss teenage mental health.
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per discutir sobre salut mental juvenil.
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What could we do?
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Què podíem fer?
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We approached this conversation with an enormous amount of empathy
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Vam abordar aquesta conversa amb molta empatia
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and honesty,
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i honradesa,
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and the results were astounding.
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i els resultats van ser força preocupants.
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What struck me the most
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El que més em va afectar
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was that every single one of my peers had a story
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va ser que cadascun dels meus companys tenia una història
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about a mental health crisis in their school,
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sobre una crisi de salut mental a l'escola,
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no matter if they were from a tiny town in eastern Oregon
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sense importar si venien d'un poble petit de l'est d'Oregon
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or the very heart of Portland.
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o del centre de Portland.
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This was happening everywhere.
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Estava passant a tot arreu.
Fins i tot vam investigar una mica
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We even did some research,
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and we found out that suicide is the second leading cause of death
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i vam descobrir que els suïcidis eren la segona causa de mort
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for youth ages 10 to 24 in Oregon.
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entre els joves de 10 a 24 anys d'Oregon.
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The second leading cause.
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La segona causa de mort.
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We knew we had to do something.
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Sabíem que havíem de fer alguna cosa.
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So over the next few months,
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Així que al llarg dels mesos següents
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we made a committee called Students for a Healthy Oregon,
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vam crear un comité anomenat Estudiants per a un Oregon Sa
amb la intenció d'acabar amb l'estigma en contra de la salut mental.
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and we set out to end the stigma against mental health.
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We also wanted to prioritize mental health in schools.
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També volíem convertir-ho en una prioritat per a les escoles.
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With the help of some lobbyists and a few mental health professionals,
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Amb l'ajuda de persones influents i alguns professionals de la salut mental
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we put forth House Bill 2191.
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vam presentar la proposta de llei 2191.
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This bill allows students to take mental health days off from school
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Permet als estudiants agafar dies per a la salut mental
de la mateixa manera que ho farien per a la salut física.
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the same way you would a physical health day.
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Because oftentimes that day off
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Perquè a vegades aquell dia de descans
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is the difference between feeling a whole lot better
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pot marcar la diferència entre sentir-se molt millor
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and a whole lot worse --
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o molt pitjor;
com els dies que la meva mare em concedia quan era petita.
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kind of like those days my mom gave me when I was younger.
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So over the next few months,
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Així que al llarg dels mesos següents
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we lobbied and researched and campaigned for our bill,
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vam pressionar, investigar i defensar el nostre projecte de llei
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and in June of 2019 it was finally signed into law.
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i al juny de 2019 es va aprovar i convertir en llei.
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(Applause and cheers)
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(Aplaudiments i aclamacions)
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This was a groundbreaking moment for Oregon students.
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Va ser un moment revolucionari per als estudiants d'Oregon.
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Here's an example of how this is playing out now.
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I us posaré un exemple sobre com funciona això ara.
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Let's say a student is having a really hard month.
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Posem que un estudiant està passant un mes molt dur.
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They're overwhelmed, overworked,
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Se sent aclaparat i saturat,
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they're falling behind in school, and they know they need help.
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les seves notes estan baixant i sap que necessita ajuda.
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Maybe they've never talked about mental health with their parents before,
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Potser mai ha parlat amb els seus pares sobre salut mental,
però ara hi ha una llei que el recolza a l'hora d'iniciar aquesta conversa.
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but now they have a law on their side to help initiate that conversation.
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Els pares encara són els que han d'informar de l'abscència a l'escola,
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The parent still needs to be the one to call the school and excuse the absence,
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o sigui que no és una via lliure per als nens,
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so it's not like it's a free pass for the kids,
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però el més important
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but most importantly,
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now that school has that absence recorded as a mental health day,
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és que ara l'escola ho anota com a una falta per salut mental
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so they can keep track
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així que poden fer un seguiment
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of just how many students take how many mental health days.
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sobre quants estudiants falten per salut mental i quants dies.
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If a student takes too many,
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Si un estudiant n'agafa massa,
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they'll be referred to the school counselor for a check-in.
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es passarà el cas al terapeuta de l'escola perquè ho revisi.
Això és important per detectar estudiants que ho passen malament
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This is important because we can catch students who are struggling
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abans que sigui massa tard.
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before it's too late.
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One of the main things we heard at that forum in 2018
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Una de les principals coses que vam sentir al fòrum del 2018
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is that oftentimes stepping forward and getting help is the hardest step.
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és que sovint demanar ajuda és el pas més complicat.
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We're hoping that this law can help with that.
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Esperem que aquesta llei ajudi amb això.
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This not only will start teaching kids young how to take care of themselves
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No només ensenyarà als nens a aprendre a cuidar-se,
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and practice self-care and stress management,
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a tenir cura d'ells mateixos i a gestionar l'estrès,
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but it could also literally save lives.
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sinó que també pot salvar vides.
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Now students from multiple other states are also trying to pass these laws.
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Ara estudiants d'altres estats també intenten aprovar lleis com aquesta.
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I'm currently working with students in both California and Colorado
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Actualment treballo amb estudiants de Califòrnia i de Colorado
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to do the same,
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per fer el mateix
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because we believe that students everywhere
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perquè creiem que siguin d'on siguin
mereixen sentir-se millor.
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deserve a chance to feel better.
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Aside from all the practical reasons and technicalities,
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Deixant de banda les raons pràctiques i els tecnicismes,
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House Bill 2191 is really special because of the core concept behind it:
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el Projecte de Llei 2191 és molt especial pel concepte que hi ha al darrere:
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that physical and mental health are equal and should be treated as such.
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que la salut mental i física han de ser tractades per igual.
De fet, estan connectades.
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In fact, they're connected.
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Take health care for example.
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Agafem com a exemple l'atenció mèdica,
en concret la reanimació cardiopulmonar.
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Think about CPR.
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If you were put in a situation where you had to administer CPR,
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Si haguessis de fer un massatge cardiopulmonar
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would you know at least a little bit of what to do?
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tindries idea de com fer-ho?
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Think to yourself --
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Us deixo pensar.
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most likely yes because CPR trainings are offered in most schools, workplaces
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El més segur és que sí perquè a les escoles o a la feina s'ensenya,
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and even online.
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o fins i tot en línia.
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We even have songs that go with it.
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Fins i tot hi ha cançons que van al ritme.
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But how about mental health care?
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Però què passsa amb la salut mental?
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I know I was trained in CPR in my seventh-grade health class.
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Em van ensenyar a fer un massatge cardiopulmonar a 1r d'ESO.
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What if I was trained in seventh grade how to manage my mental health
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I si se m'hagués ensenyat llavors a gestionar la salut mental?
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or how to respond to a mental health crisis?
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O com afrontar una crisi de salut mental?
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I'd love to see a world where each of us has a toolkit of skills
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M'encantaria viure en un món on tothom tingués les eines
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to help a friend, coworker, family member
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per ajudar un amic, company o familiar,
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or even stranger going through a mental health crisis.
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o un estrany que patís una crisi de salut mental.
I aquests recursos haurien d'estar disponibles sobretot a les escoles
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And these resources should be especially available in schools
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because that's where students are struggling the most.
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perquè és on els estudiants ho passen més malament.
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The other concept that I sincerely hope you take with you today
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I l'altre concepte que m'agradaria que us emporteu d'aquí avui
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is that it is always OK to not be OK,
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és que sempre està bé no estar bé
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and it is always OK to take a break.
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i sempre està bé fer una pausa.
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It doesn't have to be a whole day;
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No cal que sigui un dia sencer;
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sometimes that's not realistic.
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a vegades això no és realista.
Però poden ser uns quants moments per centrar-te en com estàs.
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But it can be a few moments here and there to check in with yourself.
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06:41
Think of life like a race ...
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Imagineu la vida com si fos una cursa.
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like a long-distance race.
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Una cursa de llarga distància.
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If you sprint in the very beginning you're going to get burnt out.
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Si fas un esprint al principi acabaràs esgotat.
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You may even hurt yourself from pushing too hard.
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Fins i tot et pots fer mal si apretes massa.
Però si moderes el ritme,
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But if you pace yourself,
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if you take it slow, sometimes intentionally,
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si t'ho prens amb calma, a vegades intencionadament,
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and you push yourself other times,
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i apretes en altres moments,
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you are sure to be way more successful.
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segur que obtindràs millors resultats.
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So please,
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Així que, si us plau,
tinguem cura els uns dels altres,
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look after each other,
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look after the kids and teens in your life
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tinguem cura dels nens i adolescents que coneixem
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especially the ones that look like they have it all together.
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especialment d'aquells que sembla que se'n surtin molt bé.
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Mental health challenges are not going away,
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Els problemes de salut mental no se'n van,
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but as a society,
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però com a societat
podem aprendre a gestionar-los tenint cura els uns dels altres.
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we can learn how to manage them by looking after one another.
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I de vosaltres mateixos també.
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And look after yourself, too.
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Com diria la meva mare,
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As my mom would say,
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"Once in a while, take a break."
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"De tant en tant, descansa."
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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