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Peer Support/Peer Education
Peer support can be better described as mutual support. This is important to understand. We are equals. We share a sense of mutuality not superiority.
The idea of being equal to people and being able to learn from each other is important for mutual support. Not being competitive or superior is important.
Trying to see what the other person has to offer and learning from them is a characteristic of mutual/peer educational support meetings. The idea of
mutuality is important to people. People want to feel acknowledged. People want their views considered. People want their ideas accepted.
Mutual support meetings are a process of attraction. I like the people who attend and they like me. We work together. We try to find a way to talk with each
other. We support each other after we have gotten together. After coming together, we stay and try to learn from each other. Our
interests are based on mutual respect and knowledge.
---- Moe Armstrong
Vet to Vet Program
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