6. #Movies4MentalHealth
HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our
minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
$25!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth
7. #Movies4MentalHealth
Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
We are online - this is a public, shared space
We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP
#Movies4MentalHealth
8. #Movies4MentalHealth
NEED SUPPORT?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online
resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2
#Movies4MentalHealth
9. #Movies4MentalHealth
3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#1
#Movies4MentalHealth
10. #Movies4MentalHealth
POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
#Movies4MentalHealth
11. #Movies4MentalHealth
If you need tech
support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
#Movies4MentalHealth
12. #Movies4MentalHealth
IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● What I have been practicing the most is responding and not
reacting. It helps me stay calm and work through my stressors
● Gardening, decorating, video gaming
● Quiet time w God/Exercise/Time w family/group activities
● getting out in nature often,, or just looking out the window at
clouds and sky if cant get out.
● exercise, my dogs and ping pong
● going to the gym, medidtate, affirming skin care
● Planning out healthy, nutritious meals that fuel you and don't
just fill you and reading more
● Giving myself and others Grace. Self care massages, facials,
gym. Designated no phone days.
15. #Movies4MentalHealth
Some movies and
TV shows that show
mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● 13 reasons why
● Split
● Euphoria
● Days of Wine & Roses
● Mare of Eastown
● Girl, Interrupted
● King of Staten Island
● A beAUTIFUL MIND
● nurse ratched
● Ordinary People
● Spencer
16. #Movies4MentalHealth
Some movies and
TV shows that show
mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Troubled
● Sympathetic/Human
● The crazy person that people ignore
● Misunderstood and mistreated due to a lack of understanding.
Judged.
17. #Movies4MentalHealth
MH ACROSS CULTURES
In just a few words, please share:
How have you experienced the concept of "mental health"
within your own cultural communities?
● It's not prioritized nor acknowledged
● Dysfunction/Disease model
● Misunderstood, not sure how to help
● some have started to say it's a "fad"
● But a few have actually tried to help. I have learned that education on
the matter makes a huge difference.
● Seen as someone "other" than myself
● Definitely seen as "other"
● frustrated at lack of "quick fixes"
20. #Movies4MentalHealth
HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS FILM?
A Hopeful
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious
21. #Movies4MentalHealth
How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Angry
● It is... disappointing
● Feeling hopeless
● This is Unfair
● Boxed in
● A sense of not belonging
● Mad
● VERY MUCH PAINED
● Isolated
● Confused
22. #Movies4MentalHealth
What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Being judged
● Fear of being seen as strange
● Fear of rejection
● Rejection
● Think I should be able to do it myself
● Embarrassment
● Fear of not being believed
● Not understanding how to put it into words... If I can't say what I
need help with, how can I ask?
● Fear rejection
● lack of understanding
24. #Movies4MentalHealth
HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New
26. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Suffocated
● I felt very scared.
● Unsettling.
● Scared
● That one was very difficult for me to sit through. My heart is
racing and it was intense... they captured anxiety well
● I started crying
● made me Anxious
● kind of traumatizing
● Very relatable
● goof depiction of how quickly panic attacks arise . Intense!
27. #Movies4MentalHealth
What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Journaling.
● Mantras, that I am only human and I cannot control my
environment or situations, but I can control my brain and my
body
● Finding an activity to channel my energy into ex. reading,
exercising, watching a fun show/ movie
● When I am feeling uncomfortable in a situation, I tap my feet
inside my shoes...saying I'm okay, I'm okay
● distress tolerant kit - I like to build and update them.
● reading random quotes around my space and affirmations
● Sitting in sunlight - I don't care where it is
● Reaching out to someone, ANYONE, when I want to isolate
● Talk to myself positively
● I cry it out because I am allowed to feel and i have to release
because if I hold back I make myself feel worst
29. #Movies4MentalHealth
HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New
31. #Movies4MentalHealth
WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere
else
I didn’t feel it in
my body
Belly
32. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● LOVED that film. Agree, it's in the chest.
● Insightful
● I loved it because there was a positive change
● That we can at once feel unfulfilled but find a way out, even if
only for a day.
● I really internalized his thought process
● A general feeling that interchanges when we choose to see life
33. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support
ourselves and others?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● By listening
● By talking to others.
● support groups
● being mindful and aware of our needs
● Sharing
● Seeing others
● Welcoming anyone and everyone with open arms
● Finding opportunities to laugh
● reaching out when we need someone to talk to. Others: Letting
them know we are there for them.
● Risking saying something to another if we see concerning
behaviors
● listen and uplift one another
● validated
35. #Movies4MentalHealth
Art With Impact:
Continued Connections
Click the link in the chat to learn more!
Exclusive community events and spaces
Arts-based discussion trainings
Interview and discussion opportunities
Weekly art + wellness prompts
36. #Movies4MentalHealth
MEET THE PANEL
bit.ly/m4mho-chc
Sheena Brown (she/her)
Crafton Hills College Alumnus, IST Administrative Assistant
Hannah Sandy, DNP, FNP (she/her)
Health & Wellness Coordinator, Crafton Hills College
Donald Harris (he/him)
Mental Health Education Consultant, San Bernardino County
Department of Behavioral Health
Donnell Wigfall, D.O. (he/him)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, San Bernardino County Dept of
Behavioral Health
37. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
#Movies4MentalHealth
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add your
information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
38. #Movies4MentalHealth
Virtual Mingle / Panel Q&A
Ask a question or share a thought!
You can raise your hand (see image below) to be given
instructions to audio in, use the public chat box, or
send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.
#Movies4MentalHealth
39. #Movies4MentalHealth
Stay in touch:
Sign up for
Continued Connections!
...and don’t forget to copy/paste the
resources in the Shared Notes!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
#Movies4MentalHealth
