Bakersfield college delano_m4mh_oct2018

1. Movies for
Mental Health
Bakersfield College
October 16, 2018
@artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth

2. Here’s the Plan
• Quick Introduction
• Setting the scene together
• Mental Health
• Stigma
• Watch and discuss films
• Panel of students and resources
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3. Brought to you by…
• Monthly short film competition
• Campus workshops
• Global community
• Mental Health Services Act (2004)
• 1% tax on people earning >$1m/year
• 25% to prevention and early intervention
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4. Where were you right before
coming to the workshop?
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5. Heads Up
• Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
• Public space – no confidentiality
• It’s okay to feel!
• Films and conversations might be triggering
• Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

6. Mental Health
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7. Mental Health
• Mental illness
• Mental wellness
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8. Some movies and tv shows that
show mental illness…
Split
Forrest Gump
Pyscho
Cyberbully
Silver Linings Playbook
13 Reasons Why
Me, Myself, and Irene
Speak
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9. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
Evil
“Crazy”
Lacking Confidence
Disheveled (Odd Appearance)
Villains (Extreme)
Sporadic
Talking to Themselves
Spastic
Dramatic
Angry
Untreatable
Homeless
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10. Stigma vs.
Stereotype
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11. Stigma
•A judgment or stereotype that is:
• Always negative
• Always untrue
• Can be internalized
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12. How does stigma feel?
Suffocating
Scared
Judged
Isolated
Hated
Pain
Frustrating
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13. Gladys
By Jessica Jones
AWI Winner, November 2013
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14. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
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15. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Something common – not just
specialized or rare.
How often it happens – how you see
that happening. Usually find out or
read it on the news – not from the
person.
Sleep deprivation was relatable – can
end up sleeping too often/ or not at all
due to internalizing thing
Interesting how dad was abusive and
she ended up with an abusive
husband
Feelings
Felt relatable (Family may not be
receptive or open. Beyond cultural.)
Self-stigmatizing herself (references to
“crazy”) beating herself up.
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16. How did the filmmaking
techniques help tell the story?
Focusing (often out of focus)
Somber tone
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17. Sal Tran
By Kim Huynh
AWI Winner, March 2018
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18. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
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19. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Demonstrated cultural divide
(trans) – very alone, hard to
relate to others
Feelings
Relate to growing up in an
Asian family (PI household –
never talked about it or went
through it) Wishes she’d have
known – finding solutions and
get help.
Related don the isolation
aspect – self-identify – she
feels alone
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20. Why don’t people get help?
Don’t want to experience judgment
Are ashamed
Might be written off (looking for an excuse)
People feel they are the only ones going
through what they are experiencing –
sometimes people won’t understand
Bad experience with asking for help
Mysoginistic society – seeking help is seen as
weak
Don’t want getting help to impact future
opportunities
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21. Little Elizabeth
By Elizabeth Ayiku
AWI Winner, February 2018
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22. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Mentioned having her
boundaries violated when she
was 8 (women experiencing
that)
Feelings
Tough (what she went through
and to watch it)
Relatable – we all go through
that at one point or another
Powerful to make that
connection and came full circle
At a point, we have to look at
what we’ve gone through as a
child
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23. What can we do?
Unplug
Listening to yourself when you know you need a break
Healthy eating and drinking
Journaling
Physical activities (walking, running)
Acknowledging the past
Not ignoring your problems
Understanding and acknowledging what makes you
happy (making the happen)
Avoiding substances
Go seek help
Parents not being judgmental and allowing their kids to
talk to them.
Check in with your children.
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24. Panel
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25. Meet the Panel
Noé Lemus, MFT
Student Health & Wellness Center, Bakersfield College
Anabel Jimenez, MSW
S.O.C. Intern, Bakersfield College
Jonathan Schultz
Academic Counselor, Bakersfield College
Amber Smithson
Director of Business Development, Bakersfield Behavioral Hospital
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Caitlin Livingston
Bakersfield College Student
Dontae Smith
Bakersfield College Student
Mario Gomez
Bakersfield College Student

26. Stay in touch!
Don’t forget to leave your name
and email on the sign-up sheet!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
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