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- 1. Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says I will try again tomorrow. - Mary Anne Radmacher
- 2. Movies for Mental Health Xavier University September 25, 2017 @artwithimpact #Movies4MentalHealth
- 3. Here’s the Plan I. Quick introduction II. Set the stage together III. Watch short films & discuss them IV. Make it personal with our panel
- 4. Brought to you by • Monthly short film competition • Campus workshops • Global community (blog, IG, Twitter, FB) Xavier University Dean of Students Office
- 5. Heads Up • Mental health is personal - YOU are the expert of your own experience. • This is a public space - not therapy. • We’re here for connection, questions and creating change! • Films might trigger emotions - that’s OK! • Please ask for help if you need support.
- 6. Some movies that show mental illness: Split One That Flew Over the Cook Fight club Mocking Jay Bo Jack Horseman A Beautiful Mind Collateral Beauty Silence of the Lambs Black Swan 13 Reasons Why
- 7. Characters with mental illness are portrayed as: Glamorized Negative Dangerous Cute-Harmless Unstable
- 9. What is mental illness? Indefinite I don’t know Affects your life, impacts your routine Playing pretend Lonely Unintended deviance from standard thought processes
- 10. What is mental wellness? Stability Balance Hope Functional Effective coping Good maintenance An honest I’m fine Progressive muscle relaxation Walking your dog
- 11. FINE By Saida Saetgareeva AWI Winner, January 2017
- 12. What is stigma? Stereotype Avoidance Reaction Disgust Fear Hurtful Assumption of sympathy Closed minded truth, defines someone by one thing
- 13. How does stigma feel? Isolated Useless Afraid to admit that we might have mental illness Neglected Attacked Unheard Lost
- 14. Gladys By Jessica Jones AWI Winner, November 2013
- 15. In pairs • What did you think? • What did you feel?
- 16. What did you think? What did you feel? Thoughts Thinking that some people think they don’t deserve to see a doctor Portrayal of immigrants, adds another layer of anxiety Feelings How hard the first step was Validated in own feelings of depression Sympathy and Empathy
- 17. The Gift By Steve Bastoni AWI Winner, August 2016
- 18. In groups of three • What did you think? • What did you feel? • What have you learned?
- 19. What did you think… feel… learn? Thoughts Connected with going through the motions Hard to watch Important to trust and reach out One person can make a difference Feelings Relatable Painful New Insights Showed us another person impacted Realized was paying attention to details
- 20. The Blind Stigma By Stacy-Ann Buchanan AWI Winner, May 2015
- 21. Large group • What did you think? • What did you feel? • What have you learned?
- 22. What did you think… feel… learn? Thoughts Like “blood in the water” Mental illness is treated like it looks a certain way Insights In some communitie s difficult to talk about mental illness Stereotypes impact access to support Feelings Relatable
- 23. What can I do?
- 24. Meet the Panel • Joe Monaghan - Xavier Student • Roberto Stadthagen - Xavier Student • Jessica Flake - Xavier Student • Justin Hardiman - Xavier Student • Dr. Tim Barron - Xavier Staff Counselor • Dr. Nick Salsman - Xavier Staff Counselor
- 25. AWI Ambassadors • You’re invited! Continue the conversation, be a leader! • Join the AWI Ambassadors FB group and connect with students across North America: www.facebook.com/groups/awiambassadors/ • Blog, be a juror for the film competition, run campaigns, and much more!
- 26. Thank you for coming! Contact us: – info@artwithimpact.org –Follow us! –Submit a film! https://www.artwithimpact.org/films/submit-a-film/
Editor's Notes
- SLIDE 1: COURAGE POEM Campus organizer (may) say some words and introduce facilitator
- SLIDE 2: WELCOME Welcome and introduce myself; Encourage people to come closer SOCIAL MEDIA: Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter and document this event - we’d love to see your thoughts and reactions! We will be taking photos (introduce volunteers if present), if you would prefer not to have your face in photos please inform us after the event. EVALUATIONS: Also please make sure you fill out the pre-survey and turn it in (volunteer collecting them). At the end we will have a post-survey. It is really important to AWI and Mount St. Joseph to hear about how you experienced this workshop, so please complete the post-survey. If you need to leave early, that is okay, just make sure to give yourself a few extra minutes to stop by the table and complete the survey on your way out.
- SLIDE 3: REVIEW AGENDA Brief summary of AWI Set the stage together, how many of us on a daily basis talk about mental health with our friends/family? Most of us don’t. So setting the stage together means that as a group we’ll have a discussion about what it means to talk about mental health and beginning to build a shared language and understanding of the topic. Four short films from our library that we will watch and discuss together Make it personal with a panel of students who will share with you their experiences and campus and community representatives to connect you with resources that are available to you. You will have an opportunity to ask them questions that you might have about mental health and getting support. So you’ll be doing most of the talking today!
- SLIDE 4: WHO IS AWI? Organization dedicated to reducing the stigma of mental illness with young people. Believe that art changes lives and we work with young people in regions throughout North America to promote mental wellness and create spaces for young people to learn and connect through art and media. Every month we host a short film competition where filmmakers anywhere in the world can submit a film on the topic of mental health, these are juried and monthly winners receive $1,000 cash prize and are placed in our online film collection. Take these winning films and facilitate discussions in our postsecondary Movies for Mental Health program Also as part of a larger global community, we release blogs and post to social media on art and mental health topics. Our work is maintained and supported by an array of private and public funders, our workshop today is made possible by the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation and (university name). Very special shout out to (organizers) and their team for making this possible!
- SLIDE 5: HEADS UP Before we get started, I do want to make sure we acknowledge a couple things, because as was noted earlier, most of us in our daily lives are not talking about mental health. As a society we don’t tend to talk about issues related to mental health so sometimes we don’t know HOW to talk about these topics. Sometimes it’s hard to have words that accurately state what we’re feeling or to feel comfortable stating what we are feeling or have experienced. So first I just want to acknowledge that you are the expert of your own experience. Mental health is personal and our experiences are different, we all come from different backgrounds and cultures – YOU know yourself better than anyone else and as a college student, you each have unique experiences and pressures even though you are on the same campus. So as we engage in discussion and reflect on the films, we want to try to keep in mind that somebody might have an experience that is different than yours and that is not only okay, but is to be expected because our stories are unique. And so I invite you all to challenge yourselves to help me and help each other create a space where people can share their thoughts and experiences without fear of judgement. As we are sharing and discussing, we also have to keep in mind that this is a public space and there are a lot of people in the room. So while we are committed to hearing each other, there isn’t enough time to hear all of the details of everyone's thoughts and experiences and there is no guaranteed confidentially in this space. So I really want everyone to be mindful of the space that we are in as we have this conversation. And the great thing about this workshop is that the conversation doesn’t have to end here. Today we can begin to build connections, ask questions, find support so that the conversation can continue whether for you that is in a confidential space as an individual in therapy or maybe it is as a group in your resident hall or among your friends. As I mentioned previously, all of our winning films are online and we recently added viewing guides to support you if you are watching alone or with friends! Lastly, I want to acknowledge that some of the films might be triggering, meaning they might elicit an emotional reaction. The films are very powerful, many of the films are reflective of the filmmakers actual experiences with mental illness, and so it’s completely normal to feel uncomfortable. Remember, we don’t often talk about this subject, so to talk about something you don’t normally talk about can be uncomfortable, and that’s a normal response. But if you are feeling overwhelmed, please take the time you need to re-group and be present. We have counselors in the room today that are here to help you if you need to step out (say names of counselors, have them raise their hands in the audience). And I encourage everyone to take note of how you’re feeling and investigate that and nurture that after the workshop because that’s another way of keeping the conversation going and reducing stigma within ourselves, and we will have an opportunity to talk more about stigma and how that shows up a little bit later. With that in mind, let’s get started!
- SLIDE 6: MOVIES What movies show mental illness or deal with mental illness? What movies or even television shows have you seen that were either about mental illness or a character had a mental illness? MOVIES Split (Dissociative Identity) Little Miss Sunshine (Depression) Black Swan (Schizophrenia/Eating) American Psycho (Borderline) Silver Linings Playbook (Bipolar Disorder, OCD) Girl, Interrupted (Borderline) As Good As It Gets (OCD) A Beautiful Mind (Schizophrenia) Jacob’s Ladder (PTSD) It’s A Wonderful Life (Depression) Me, Myself, & Irene (Dissociative Identity) TV SHOWS 13 Reasons Why (Depression/Suicide) Legion (Schizophrenia) Empire (Bipolar Disorder) Big Bang Theory (OCD) Monk (OCD)
- SLIDE 7: REPRESENTATION Think about the characters in the films you shared, what are some adjectives you’d use to describe those characters, how have the characters been portrayed? We see a lot of extremes here, ie. Really special, genius, gifted or really problematic, dangerous, violent, unpredictable. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 in 5 of us, 20% of us will have a diagnosable mental illness this year. 42.5 million Americans have a mental illness. Consider how these labels and how mental illness is portrayed in the media influence us. How do they make us feel about ourselves? About the people around us?
- SLIDE 8: MENTAL HEALTH Mental Health is a big topic, like physical health, it can include so many different things. Today, we’ll be exploring two topics that fall under the umbrella of Mental Health, mental illness and mental wellness.
- SLIDE 9: MENTAL ILLNESS Let’s work together to craft a definition of mental illness according to our own thoughts. For us in this room at this workshop we don’t need clinical definitions or wikipedia definitions. This is about how do we as individuals and as a group define it and important to our definition is also what it feels like for us. So what is mental illness to you? How would you define it?
- SLIDE 10: MENTAL WELLNESS Now that we have defined mental illness, what is mental wellness? What are some mental wellness practices? How does mental wellness relate to mental illness? Can you have a mental illness and still be mentally well? Helping think about themselves as more than a disease. 5 in 5 of us have mental health, it is a universal experience, that influences all aspects of our lives, and whether we have a diagnosable mental illness or not, our mental health is something we can agree we need to be aware of, nourish, take care of, and understand.
- SLIDE 11: FINE The first film we are going to watch is called Fine. It is our January 2017 competition winner. The filmmaker, Saida, is a professional motion graphic designer and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. She was studying accounting in university when she took online tutorials for graphic designs and after a year of self-teaching started illustrating for the university newspaper. After winning a best illustration contributor award she left business school to study at the Vancouver Film School. Saida believes that images are the most powerful tool for transformation and impact. So as we watch Fine, be thinking about what she is trying to address with this film. (Show Film) What do you think this film is attempting to address?
- SLIDE 12: WHAT IS STIGMA? What the film is addressing is stigma. We know stigma exists and we talk a lot about it in relation to mental illness, but how would you really define it? Let’s discuss for a moment what is stigma to us? How is stigma different from stereotype? Is stigma ever positive? Is stigma ever true? Does stigma only apply to mental illness? Are there other examples of areas we might experience stigma? (e.g. medical conditions, identity, sexual preferences etc.) Unlike stereotypes which can be negative or sometimes positive, stigma is always negative. Stigma is also false always false. Yet, stigma is easily internalized, which means that it is easy for us to start to believe the messages, thoughts, and feelings that are projected onto us by stigma. Stigma can be experienced in a number of ways, and not solely related to mental illness…
- SLIDE 13: HOW DOES STIGMA FEEL? Knowing that this is something we have all experienced in some shape or form, how does stigma feel? Stigma has a huge impact on our lives and experiences. Stigma makes us feel bad about ourselves. Stigma defines someone as only one aspect of who we are. Stigma creates a barrier to our ability access support and resources. Stigma creates barriers to understanding. So talking about mental illness and listening to each other with compassion is an incredibly powerful way to battle stigma. So, on that note, let’s watch another film!
- SLIDE 14: GLADYS Gladys is our November 2013 competition winner. The filmmaker, Jessica, is a social worker and wanted to convey a story that she kept hearing about the Latino experience after moving to US. As you watch the film I encourage you all to be aware of how the film makes you feel and what the film makes you think. What we feel and what we think are not always the same or in alignment, and our feelings and our thoughts communicate really important messages to us. So try to be aware of them as you watch the film, if you want to jot down notes to yourself, you are more than welcome. We’ll break into groups afterwards to discuss. (Show Film)
- SLIDE 15: GROUPS OF TWO Invite audience to divide into groups of three or four, allow 5 minutes for discussion before coming back together. Turn to your neighbour and discuss what did you think and what did you feel? We will come back together in a few minutes to share and discuss together.
- SLIDE 16: GROUP SHARE Can provide an example of a thought and/or feeling to get the group started. (Live document responses, paraphrasing and summarizing.)
- SLIDE 17: THE GIFT This film is our August 2016 winner. The filmmaker, Steve, an award winning Australian actor who has starred in many international productions (including the Matrix). Again, as you watch, be aware of how you feel and what you think, and we will discuss after.
- SLIDE 18: GROUPS OF THREE Invite audience to divide into groups of three or four, allow 5 minutes for discussion before coming back together. This time I also want you to think about and discuss what have you learned? What have you learned about yourself? About suicide? About mental illness? About stigma?
- SLIDE 19: GROUP SHARE Live document responses, paraphrasing and summarizing
- SLIDE 20: PURPOSE Our final film is our December 2016 competition winner. The filmmaker, Victor, promising film director from Nigeria. Coming from a science background and a trained medical doctor, he broke into the art industry to practice what he calls the Healing of the mind through stories.
- SLIDE 21: LARGE GROUP For the final film we are just going to share together.
- SLIDE 22: GROUP SHARE Transition directly into large group responses, no small group discussions
- SLIDE 23: WHAT CAN I DO? Thank you all for participating in discussion. After having these conversations and processing new and/or complicated information we can feel a little lost. You might be feeling like you should talk with someone about your own feelings. Or maybe you are still feeling disconnected or worried that others might not understand what you or someone you know is going through. So we want to provide concrete and personal opportunities to engage and continue this discussion. We are fortunate enough to have students here to share their stories, experts from your campus, and mental health professionals/ resources in your community here today to inform you of ways you can support your mental health, and those around you. In addition, after the panel, I will tell you all about ways you can engage with Art With Impact just before we close out.
- SLIDE 24: PANEL At this time I invite our panelists to come up. In the meantime will hand out evaluation surveys which are really valuable to us for improving our programming and keeping it relevant. They will also assist your school in knowing how to better serve you. Moderate the Panel Q&A Invite students to ask questions to panelists while monitoring time. Possible questions: Was there anyone you received support from that you were surprised by or initially nervous about sharing your mental health concerns? How do you manage your symptoms in your day-to-day life now? What is something great about your life today as a result of you seeking help and taking care of yourself? Who might benefit from coming to counseling? What would you say to someone who is nervous about coming to counseling because they think their counselor might not understand their identity or experiences? Do you provide psychiatric services? What is the process for someone who believes they might need medication? Encourage students to view booths or resource tables before leaving. Close out the panel and give (or have volunteer hand-out) panelist thank you gifts.
- SLIDE 25: AMBASSADORS Before you all leave, us I want to invite you all to continue the conversation in one more way. AWI exists to create a community of students, artists, advocates, who want to have these conversations...if you’re interested in staying in touch with us and becoming a part of a larger community of students across N. America who believe in the power of art to subvert stigma, we have fliers on the table and a sign-up list here if you’re interested in learning more. You can also join our FB group just type in AWI Ambassadors in the search menu. We are also collecting Impact Videos! So if you were impacted by participating in the workshop and have a few minutes to spare. I (or volunteer) will be recording just short 1 minute clips of your reactions to the workshop!
- SLIDE 26: THANK YOU, KEEP IN TOUCH You are also welcome to contact us with feedback, comments, or questions. I have business cards on the table if you would like to contact me directly. Follow us on social media @artwithimpact And we encourage you to submit a film to our monthly competition! I’ll be here after if you have any questions for me specifically or again if you would like to make an impact video! Thank you all for being a part of this workshop, I hope that you left with more than you came.