Britain Get Talking. on my TV Screen. ??? What is it.

[DulwichFox]

I Keep getting Annoying Messages on my Television Screen (Top Left Hand Corner)

Like [britain] [Get] [Talking] and other short messages.

I think it is only on ITV.

I do not know why it is Happening but it is driving me Mad..

Anyone know what it is and how to stop it..

DulwichFox.

[Sephiroth]

'tis this

https://www.itv.com/britaingettalking/

[DulwichFox]

Sephiroth Wrote:

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> 'tis this

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> https://www.itv.com/britaingettalking/

Yep Saw that.. Read it.. What does it all mean.. ???

Foxy

[Pugwash]

It is all about communication- lock down has had a massive affect on many people's lives with increasing levels of suicide, depression and isolation. People need to be encouraged to talk more especially around feelings. I have noticed with our own friends how the pandemic has affected them individually. One female friend living alone was used to going out daily walking, visiting shops, meeting people but being elderly (75 plus) with health issues self isolated with only a short trip to local shops once a week in the evenings when she did not meet others. She now is still reluctant to meet others in the open and although we connect via phone is still not the same. Another friend who had an early diagnosis of dementia prior to lock down, was very sociable meeting up with friends from all over London for meals and visiting exhibitions, living on his own with only telephone contact with his sister and us several times a week, became very depressed and suicidal and ended up in psychiatric ward for 7 weeks. He is back home with carers as lack of social contact and face to face communication have deepened his dementia. Although able to communicate verbally, he looses track of conversations. In his better moments he talks of how lack of communication throughout lock down had heightened his isolation.

Mental health issues can be lessened by open discussions of feelings, better if communication is face to face, but zoom and telephone conversations can be equally valuable. Prominent media personalities are opening up the positives of communication and not bottling up feelings etc.

I know from experience that opening up to another can benefit people - I have through my work over the last 30 years have counselled many people, and hopefully given them a greater quality of life and an understanding of their feelings.