The Do's release their new single Helpful as a digital download on 17th March.
All the proceeds are going to the mental health charity MIND. We; nor the band will be taking a penny from it.
Heres Elliot from the band to explain:
The
whole reason for us doing this I strongly believe that there is serious lack of
funding regarding mental health. Waiting lists for counselling are extremely
long. Sometimes the hardest thing that anyone has to do is admit to them self
and someone else that they need help with some aspect of their life and for
this person to then be placed on a waiting list for weeks even months just
isn't right. If you have neck ache, a chest infection or have trouble taking a
dump you're at the doctors and told to take some tablets and voila you're ok! You
go and say you're having trouble with a mental health issue and you're placed
on a waiting list and told to hang on for god knows how long. I know that
solving these issues are nowhere near as easy as the everyday things listed
above but there must be more that governments/we as people can do to make
things a little better for people struggling in these situations.
I
personally was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) a few
years ago. Now many people think that everyone who suffers with OCD has to wash
their hands all day or something like that but this is not the case. I don't
have to flick the light switches on and off 17 times or some other stereotype. My
condition is thought based and consists of me having to relieve the anxiety of intrusive
thoughts by neutralizing that anxiety, i.e. by saying to myself " I
didn't do this or that " or "you wouldn't do this or that" and
ending up in thought cycles for hours/days and it can be debilitating. Through
counselling I have learned about cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Counsellors
use this method to treat different types of phobias and anxiety
disorders. It enables people who suffer with these conditions to try to see
things in a different light.
There
needs to be more mental health awareness within society because it's most
likely that you know someone who suffers in some way. It’s not the 1950s
anymore and things have come a long way since then regarding knowledge of
mental health but stigma still exists. Charities such as MIND not only try to
help people who suffer with mental health problems but by simply been there,
end the stigma surrounding them.
There
are a few people we'd like to thank:
Rob
Dee at Philophobia Music
James
Brown at Top5 studios for recording
Ash
Scott for filming the video
Laura
Thompson for all her help with the artwork
and
anyone who's ever bought our Slide EP because you basically paid for us to be
able to release this single.
Thanks
for taking the time to read this
Elliot
The
Do's
The single will be available at all digital and streaming sites. You can also enjoy the video below.
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