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About Your Facilitator
Beth Killian, she/her
• MSW Student at Smith College
• Intern at Baystate Medical Center
• Musician, Songwriter, Dancer,
hopeful Music/Movement Therapist
• Dog Mom
IG: @bethanywhere5257
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Brought to you by…
• Campus workshops
• Monthly short film competition
• Short film production grants
• Global community
• Maia Newman
• Roberta Seifert, Ph.D.
• Adam Cohen, LMFT
• Megan Kaden, PsyD
• Diane Brown
• Chloe Martin
Individual Sponsors
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Heads Up
• Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on your
own experience
• We’re still online… what goes on the internet stays on the
internet
• We are recording this session for internal training and
evaluation purposes
• It’s okay to feel!
• Films and conversations might be activating
• Please take care of yourself however you need, including
asking for help
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In just a few words: What does self-care
look like for you these days?
● working out
● hiking + sleeping
● BREATHING
● getting outside
● running in the woods
● Running
● Yoga practice at home
● Going outside, going for a walk
or just sitting in the sun
● Actually, doing homework, trying
to get a new normal
● sleeping, eating, face masks
● making sure taking meds
● I have been giving myself time to write
and not judge myself for what I feel.
● meditating
● pilates
● getting out and connecting with nature
● Skincare
● following schedule, letting go, take
breaks
● Waiting and preparing for the new puppy!
● Reading my bible
● Feeding birds and gardening
● Going on walks, doing my makeup occasionally
● Sound bath/Sound Therapy
● nurturing self care. breathing, outside, getting little
things done that i never had time to.
● hiking with my dogs
● sleeping and watching a lot of things
● I have been making sure I am encaged with classes so
my mind doesnt disappear but also so i dont over
stress. Also talking with friends on discord
● sleeping, breaking up the day effectively, trying not to
burnout
● mindful listening
● Discord is an amazing!
● COOKING!:D
● Keep a schedule and exercise. Also taking up more
hobbies
● Going for a walk on a sunny day
● taking the the time to eat mindfully not rushing to eat.
● giving a hug when I do well
● deep healing
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Some movies and tv shows
that show mental illness…
● Crazy Ex Girlfriend
● 13 reasons why
● Bojack horseman
● brain on fire
● Bojack Horseman
● Lars and the real girl
● I Am Sam
● Girl interupted
● shameless
● The Fisher King
● madmen
● beautiful mind
● Split
● side effects
● The Sapranos
● beautiful mind
● Peanut butter falcon
● joker
● Awakenings
● The Shining
● My Mad Fat Diary
● "You"
● Nurse Jackie
● american horror story
● One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
● the shining
● Shameless
● Silence of the Lambs / Glass / Split
● Sharp Objects
● a beautiful mind
● Silent voice(both mental and
physical health)
● to the bone
● Thank you for answering to others i
needed
● Outlander
● 3 faces of eve
● Inside Out
● Benny and Joon
● Take Shelter
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Characters with mental
illness are portrayed as…
● Dependent
● broken/ outcast
● erratic
● controlling
● vulnerable
● crazy
● lost
● obsessive
● dangerous
● scary
● sneaky
● calculated
● lost
● Violent
● lonely
● Self inflicated outcast
● unpredictable
● crazy
● anxious
● weak
● judged
● uncontrollable
● traumatized
● The villain
● creepy/unsafe
● paranoia
● selfish
● stuck
● lazy
● its their fault
● In need of help from someone else
● Misunderstood
● damaged
● What I enjoyed about silent voice
was how it showed that even if it was
self-inflicated outcast, it was self-
inflicated not in a controlled way
though.
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How does stigma feel?
● Tear :'(
● So reletable about how even
supportive and authortative parents
can end up affecting our mental
health
● sad
● so sad
● way too common
● Sad at first, hopeful at last!
● isolating
● I understand because I am a
foreigner and I used to date an
asian boyfriend. he always said:
you are white, you have no idea
what asian parents are like
● lonely
● isolating
● binding
● misunderstood
● frustrating
● uncomfortable
● Heavy load
● invisible
● hopeless
● misunderstood
● lone
● disenfranchised
● forced
● frustrating;suffocating
● weak
● controlled by someone else
● trapped
● stigma can affect anyone
● About to Explode
● buried
● hopeless
● judged
● feeling incompetent to others
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What makes it difficult to reach out for help?
● Releating to both sides about how
even good supportive and
authortative parents can affect
children in ways that they didnt
attend to
● intend
● shame
● fear insecurity
● jugment
● not wanting to be a burden
● fear
● fear of being rejected/misunderstood
● not wanting to burden
● Feeling misunderstood; unheard
● not wanting to let a parent down
● udged
● rejection
● not having family support
● time a&access
● Feeling like you are just gonna get
the same answer
● Someone telling the people in your
life that you feel "different"
● emberrassed
● no family support
● Not to know what I need!
● not being validated
● he energy required to break someone
else's stigma is more than I can
muster sometimes
● good ones
● putting others feelings before yours
● confused
● we have a bad relationship with
accepting mental illness
● Not knowing things can be different
● some foe me too
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What did you think? What did you feel?
● everything was a trigger for her
● She took control over her addiction by putting the pills into the paint .
● feeling some optimism, but then a point was brought up where maybe we
were being too optimistic
● her emotions were very strong
● illlustrating the fact that its a mental illness that is misunderstood as a self
destructive choice by family, society etc
● strong emotions and at the end how she was able to recover from it and
what she made of her adiction
● As someone who's struggled with addiction, the panicked sense she felt
was very relatable
● Made me feel like she needed support and someone to talk too without
judgment and willing to offer support
● we questioned if it could be read a very different way than the ending being
instead not recovery way but instead maybe it symbolized the brief
relaxation from the drugs that kept her addicted
● she recovered but she will need to watch herself
● i feel sad for the girl
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What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
● Praying
● meditation with groups
● Physical activity
● exercise
● therapy
● exercise
● sunshine
● hiking and going on the outside and
praying, nature
● try to not appologize for how you feel
● opening to someone
● connecting through music
● writing your emotions (honest and raw)
to yourself
● giving love
● medication
● herapy, exercise, online meeting with
friends and family, sun
● water- drink it, swim in it
● cleaning my apartment
● Keeping friends who love you enough to call
you out when needed
● accepting it yourself
● sleep, exercise, theraphy, conversations
● Ensuring that we get access to groups that are
supporting us in a benefitial way not that may
cause stress that makes us go back to the
drugs. Sadly groups can be both directions
● honoring my feelings, and spending time with
peoplr
● try to disconnect form unhealthy relationships
● love & acceptance no matter what
● not watching news all the time
● i always missing my mom loving my mom i am
always have my mom is the mom i ever have
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How was this body scan exercise for you?
● nice
● good to take a break
● Relaxing
● relaxing
● lovely
● Relaxing -- almost fell asleep
● soothing
● holistic
● very relaxing/made me feel loose
● A good break :)
● relaxing i needed that
● me too
● feel very keyed up, distracted (that kind of day)
● Very relaxing!
● numbing
● When I focused on different body parts, I held my breath haha whoops
● These have been quite good to help us clear our mind between the
movies. I think these are helping us more experince the movies
● antsy
● Like a mouth clean between foods
31. SECRET HORROR
By David Granneman
AWI Winner, July 2019
Content heads up: depression, substance use disorder,
medication management
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What did you think? What did you feel?
● i loved how he said his medication makes him
functional, by functional I mean I can make art
● In my min, but I admit at times the art felt like it was
distracting me at times that I felt like I should just
close my eyes to truely hear his thoughts
● it was very moving how he talked about his
medication
● such beautiful art
● uplifted that he found a way to feel some peace.
very creative life saving
● i agree about medication making him functional
rather than happy but it allows him to do the things
that make him happy
● i felt very concious of my breath
● thought of other people I know to whom art is also
very important
● he was managing depression, not curing it
● understanding how someone cant tell how you feel
or are suffering by looking at you
● I never thought about a three step approach
● How people cannot see what is mentally or
emotionally happening to someone...
● [19:14] she/hers : His honesty was really honorable
about the fact that he felt that the med. makes him
functional.
● Some of the art was hard to look at, despite being
well-made.
● art saves lives
● I can relate. It made me sad because of how powerful statement it
is for him. I have an ADHD son who has to medicate everyday as a
9 year old He does express how functional it makes him when he
takes his medicine.
● I love that he mentioned how easy it is to be skeptical but how ge
decided to listen and accept help
● Sad to know that while many of us take it for granted, some have it
difficult just to be functional.
● He talked about art being something he can control, I found that so
important!
● Telling people to reach out...A message to promote happiness.
● I felt like i thought more about this film than the others; I felt those
in my body much more. This film was narrative-driven, and the
images told the story differently
● The feeling of being scared about the whole world execept in the
one momment while at the same time it not being visible. It
actually kinda releated to my feelings about my own epilepsy in
some ways
● I felt proud of him for moving forward with his mission
● I thought it was true-to-life that treatment or medications haven't
"fixed" him (at least in full). This isn't a phase, it's a lifetime
experience - others often have a hard time accepting this
● felt his loneliness with his thoughts/feelings that others can't see
● there was one part where he was talking of placing pillows on the
ground nect to his bed due to suffering from seizures, he
mentioned this as his voice faded and the music took over. but this
stuck a chord wihtin me of the hardships faced as well as the
wrong paths people suffering take to treat themselves due to
depression or chemical imablances
● yeah that was a sad part :(
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How can we support ourselves and others?
● listen empathically
● check in
● Building a safe place.
● be more understanding, not judging others, lending a hand to someone who struggles
● Ask fiends "How are you doing?"
● To Write Love On Our Arms :)
● friends
● talk about our own experiences so others can know they aren't alone
● To REALLY listen
● Express our own feelings to ecnourage others
● sometimes it an be as easy as check in - allow the person to talk openly.
● Call those who need help, call those who can help you,both are needed
● be open towards one another
● let people feel without trying to make them feel better
● do not label them
● ask people pointed questions
● Remember, when listening, that each person's conditions are unique to them
● Make the effort to show your loved ones that you REMEMBER what they've shared with you.
(ADHDer here! Harder than it sounds sometimes!)
● understanding that nobody is just a "diagnosis"
● Also from my own experince being on both sides with stuff like depression. Being aware that
sometimes people may react a way that isnt the best but that doesnt mean you shouldnt help or
didnt help
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Meet the Panel
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Dr. Danila Musante, she/her
Mental Health Counselor/Psychologist, College of Marin
Meghan Kehoe, she/her
Children, Youth and Community Prevention Division Manager
Center for Domestic Peace
Kelli Finley, she/her
Executive Director, NAMI Marin
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