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University of california davis m4 mho - 4.14.21 - presentation (1)
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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
a $25 Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A
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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
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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
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● Buying and growing plants!
● Going on LONG walks
● Staying creative - making art
● Being with my pets
● Video games and books
● Yoga, meditation
● Podcasts and epsom salt baths!
● Journaling :)
● Comics
● Getting away from the screen and rereading
books from my childhood :)
● Working out or meditating
● Painting with friends
● Discovering new hobbies!!
● Singing
● Walking my puppy
● Animal crossing with friends :)
● Baking cookies for people
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Some movies and TV shows
that show mental illness…
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● Boy Interrupted
● Monk
● The Joker
● Perks of Being a Wallflower
● Manhunt
● Beautiful Mind
● The Good Doctor
● Criminal Minds
● Homeland
● Silver Linings Playbooks
● Atypical
● Donnie Darko
● Call the Midwife
● One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
● Sesame Street
● Winnie the Pooh
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Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
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● Antisocial
● Odd
● Scary
● Different
● Different
● Abnormal
● As different or odd
● Usually seen as the “weak” ones of the group
● Outsider
● Their super power
● Scary
● “Crazy”
● Unstable
● Hard to interact wiith
● Lonely
● Artistic
● Socially awkward
● Not accepted
● Genius
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MH ACROSS CULTURES
Across different cultures and languages, people talk about and
explore mental health in multiple ways.In just a few words, please
share: How have you experienced the concept of "mental health"
within your own cultural communities?
● Shame
● Believe it’s due to sin
● “It gets better”
● That prayer can take it away
● In the Philippines, mental health is seen as taboo or only for people who
are crazy
● Brokenness
● Mental illness is often yoked with addiction
● “It’s all in your head”
● Weak minded
● Given up - shunned
● Not talked about at all, ignored
● Hidden
● Secret
● It would ruin my family’s reputation
● Misunderstood/taboo
● Not strong enough to deal with their own problems
● Disgraced
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What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
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● Funds
● No one will understand me. Afraid to reach out. Leave my safe space
● Frozen
● Fear of judgement by others
● Not knowing where to start
● Seems useless
● Cultural barriers
● Afraid to be vulnerable
● No energy to find help
● Judgement from family
● Feeling like your family might not believe in mental health resources
● Hard to find mental health professionals who can understand the
effects of generational trauma and racism on mental wellbeing
● The mental health system is confusing, let alone to anyone that
doesn’t know about health insurance
● Family may minimize your issues for fear of being blamed
● Generational stigma
● Too expensive/difficult to deal with health insurance
● Providers ready to prescribe meds without getting to know patient
● Where to begin? What is the “right” first call?
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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● My heart hurt for him
● Injustice
● Sadness
● Judgement
● How lonely depression is
● Frustration
● People want to fix it so they don’t have to
experience a friends depression
● Self criticism
● I liked the inclusion of the suicide hotline
● Stigma of self medicating /medication
● Tears externalize the sadness and pain
● The silent scream said so much in such a short
moment
● Common responses about mental illness was
powerful
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What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
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● Reaching out
● Socializing
● Listen to music
● Meditate
● Grounding/earthing
● Music !
● Journaling/poetry
● Creative endeavors
● Needle felting
● Take drives
● Crafting
● Holding my pet
● Spending time in nature
● Gardening
● Visiting elders
● Watching sports
● Talking to loved ones
● Watching my favorite movie
● Going outside
● Cooking
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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● You can see beauty everywhere
● The power of using rhetoric to tell stigmatized stories is so
powerful
● It felt very validating to hear someone detail their experience
with systemic oppression and its impact on their mental health
● I heard the heaviness as the words were spoken
● That really hit close to home
● Bipolar illness
● It was powerful with robust language
● The line “the system wasn’t designed for a spirit like mine”
● Brought awareness that there’s many layersr to mental
health/illness, considering medication is just one layer
● Brilliant film, it captures the reality of society trying to remake
hooghly sensitive people fake being OK with injustice, cruelty
and violence
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How can we support
ourselves and others?
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● Being generous
● Self compassion to better hold space and compassion for
others
● Validating our own and other people’s struggles… even if we
dont understand them
● Listen and care for others
● Advocating and sharing your knowledge with someone that
mgiht need it
● Show kindness
● My former supervisor once wrote a quote on a meeting
agenda “Be kind, everyone you meet is going through a
battle you know nothing about”
● Acts of service, small acts of kindness, calling and checking
up on old friends
● Ask curious questions to learn more/better understand the
person and where they are at
● Let them know there is no shame in asking for help
● Be open to be wrong
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MEET THE PANEL
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Kayla Heinemann (she/her)
2nd Year Psychology Student - UC Davis
Astha Soni (she/her/hers)
First-year Psychology Major/pre-med student at UC Davis
Jon De Paul Dunbar, LCSW (he/him)
CAN Community Counselor, Student Health and Counseling Services - UC Davis
Skye Innerarity (she/her)
LMFT #104388 - Acacia Counseling and Wellness
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