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In just a few words: What does
self-care look like for you these days?
● Candles and warm baths or hanging out with friends
● draw and color with my kiddos
● take a bath
● meditation, and especially our mind-body group!
● Allowing a day with no plans and just endulging
● Exercise
● crafting. crochet and knitting
● Robyn's Mind & Body workshops for faculty/staff... I'm
hoping she'll be able to offer these for students in spring :-)
● Binge watching Arrow with my mom and spending time
with my friends.
● Kickboxing!
● For me it has been watching a feel-good movie, and even
reading, even though I;m not a fan of reading!! :)
● Mind and Body group is amazing
● Rapping
● Walking in nature
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Some movies and tv shows
that show mental illness…
● 13 Reasons why
● Atypical
● One Day at a Time
● Love on the Spectrum
● Social Dilemma
● This is Us
● Baby Driver
● I need to watch all these.
● Love Ryan I think it is called
● Joker
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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?
● Only crazy people go to therapy or a mental health facility
● My brother struggles with it
● In the rap community, it's used as a joke in most cases
● That's in the Hispanic/latinx community
● many public service announcements, build boards, and assembles
● All the women on my mom's side have some kind of anxiety so it is pretty talked about
● nate i would totally agree with that
● when expressing valid feelings, ive had it blamed on my mental illness
● Men don't cry
● In many black communities people need to "pray more" instead of accepting a mental health issue
● My father doesn't "believe" in mental illness and when I try to talk about my mental illness he just brushes it
off and changes the subject.
● I'm so sorry about that my grandparents are the same way, i can relate
● It's so upsetting that people don't have anything to say about mental illness until there has been a tradgedy.
● i tend to hold it in... have to be strong to hold my house together, take care of my disabled father
● its sad. I work in a classroom with young children and i see how mental illness with in households effect kids
● It has become so generalized that now when someone experiences stress, they say they are about to have a
panic attack. Or when one is really organized, some say "oh, my OCD is so bad right now."
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What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
● Nervous
● Fear
● fear of shame
● Not having support
● Concerned how others will react
● judgement
● denial
● Feel weak
● You feel like a different person than
how you used to be
● fear of rejection
● it makes it real to say it out loud
● not sure were to get help
● You feel broken
● Like you're a defect
● don't know how
25. Little Elizabeth
By Elizabeth Ayiku
AWI Winner, February 2018
Content heads up: discussion of trauma
and childhood sexual assault
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What did you think?
What did you feel?
● guilty, sympathetic
● sad. mama bear. I have an 8 year old. that
triggered me
● hopeful but emotional
● Angry with myself
● emotional but inspired to not give up
● proud..... for forgiving herself for not hearing
herself and being able to comfort herself now
● It resonates, upsetting but hopeful.
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What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
● Drawing, dancing, journaling
● I paint, draw, color any creative activity
● Journaling, Meditation, Exercise
● give back to similar stories
● talking to my mom
● Talking to best friends
● Writing a rap
● Going for a hike to connect with nature
● exercise, meditation
● learning new things
● praying or connecting with higher power
● I get lost in yarn or a good book. I talk to my mom and sisters a good bit. we are
very open about our mental health.
● i take time do do my hair, makeup, make myself feel good
● I play softball
● A breathing exercise that Robyn taught me
● take care of my space in little ways
● I agree, reading is the best. You can go anywhere in your mind.
● yes, reading :)
● "Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and
expand our sense of life: they feed the soul." - Anne Lamott
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What did you think?
What did you feel?
● nauseous
● It just brought back some memories
● tightness
● Shaky and jittery
● was the most relatable video
● Everything getting tense and tight with a shake
● incredibly relatable
● I agree it was
● nauseous, chest tightness, overwhelmed, relatable
● I have anxiety attacks and panic attacks a lot
● They depicted it perfectly. Especially with using Google to solve problems
● I do as well. It can be so crippling. I'm sorry you suffer from this
● **Content Warning** When I was young my dad would tell me that I can't
show physical symptoms so I learned what to say, how to say it, and when I
would get shakey I practiced stopping my hands from shaking so I would
appear ok
● i suffer from severe panic disorder and have panic attacks often. It was so
relatable how her panic attack was pretty silent
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How can we support
ourselves and others?
● Share (as we're comfortable), and relate
● Listen, and work on eliminating the stigma
● If comfortable, share your experience and create awareness
● Empathy, listening, communication
● try to be open so we don't feel alone
● I like to support others but I also know my boundaries with others
mental illness because it can trigger my own
● offering resources, join support groups
● Understanding that it's something that you can get help from others
from, but you have to take time to work with yourself too. Not
everything is in your control
● You all have been so brave, thank you all for sharing!
● "You are the hero of your own story"(don't know who said it sorry)
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