College of san mateo m4 mho - 3.17.21 - presentation (2)

#Poetry4MentalHealth
#Movies4MentalHealth
@artwithimpact
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About Your Facilitator
Carly D. Weckstein, she/her
• Theatre Director
• Intimacy Choreographer
• Sex Educator
• Book Nerd + Cat Lover
IG: @thespomancer

POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at
College of San
Mateo
C
B
Faculty/staff at
College of San
Mateo
Somebody else
(share in chat!)

POLL: Where in the
world are you?
California
A
C
B
Another state
Another country

○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short ﬁlm competition
○ Short ﬁlm production grants
○ Global community
BROUGHT TO YOU BY

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

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

NEED SUPPORT?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online
resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2

3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#1

POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!

If you need tech
support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.

IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
● Baking, it is mindful AND delicious
● Naps
● Going out biking with some friends : )
● Listening to my favorite music
● Singing in my kitchen
● Exercising and checking in with friends
● Working on puzzles and doing word hunts
● Reading
● Crocheting
● Talking to my parents

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

Some movies and TV shows that
show mental illness…
● Silver Linings Playbook
● What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
● I Am Sam
● Lost
● Split
● The Perks of Being a Wallﬂower
● Stand By Me
● Freaks and Geeks
● Boy Interrupted
● The Good Doctor
● Forrest Gump
● A Beautiful Mind
● Winnie the Pooh
● Steven Universe
● Inside Out

Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
● Disability
● Sick, ﬂawed
● Weak
● Crazy
● Lazy (sooo not true)
● Unstable
● Anxious
● Smarter
● Dangerous
● Stigmatized
● Inferior

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?
● It’s something that’s swept under the rug
● Mental illness is sometimes not discussed at all, either due
to stigma or our family does not believe mental illness is real
● I learned my cousin has bipolar illness on his instagram post
because no one in my family will say the words out loud
● I never had a doctor ask me about my mental health
● It’s shrugged off and not taken seriously, just keep working
or distracting yourself and it will “go away”
● It is like a social taboo

WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

The Conversation That Never Happened
By Gordon Yao
AWI Winner, April 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, stigma

HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS FILM?
A Hopeful
C
B
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

How does stigma feel?
● Constant invalidation
● Painful
● Silencing
● A constant pressure
● Frustrating
● Angry. Alone. Frustrating.
● Disregarded
● It’s hard to open up to others
● Fear of not being taken seriously
● Isolating
● Fear of being seen as a weak person

What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
● Fear of rejection
● I dislike being compared with other people
● Some people don’t listen
● Being judged
● Not knowing where to get hel[
● We are made to believe that others have it worse
● People do not show that they care about you
● Being told we are just making up excuses
● Given easy solutions, when it is much more
difficult
● The silence perpetuates silence
● I wanted to ﬁnd someone who truly understood
● Being criticized
● Fear that others see us as weak
● It’s uncomfortable

BREATHING
EXERCISE

HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

Tres
By Mariana Osuna Peres
AWI Winner, September 2014
CONTENT HEADS UP
discussion of anxiety, agoraphobia, suicidal ideation

What did you think?
How did you feel?
● “Tattoos instead of razor blades” - extremely powerful
moment
● I loved her narration of what it’s like to be consumed by
thoughts
● Silence
● The visuals really added more depth
● Darkness
● The realization that we’re not along and how mental health
struggles might be inherited from our family members
● The overall story is impacting
● When she talked about one being alive or just surviving
● The telling yourself “go, go, go”

What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
● Music
● I watch things that make me laugh
● Exercise really helps me get out of my head
● Mediation, exercise and journaling
● Talking with someone (therapist, family members,
friends)
● Getting outside and walking my dog
● Yoga
● It helps me to process just any consuming thought
● Water my plants, meditate
● Dancing!
● I sare at my childhood toys and it brings me back on
how innocent and stresss free I was
● Drawing, painting
● Take a deep breath and take breaks, give yourself a
little break to organize your thoughts
● Sometimes treating myself to my favorite food

BODY
SCAN

HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

The Blind Stigma
By Stacy-Ann Buchanan
AWI Winner, May 2015
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, anxiety, eating
disorders, cultural stigma

WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere
else
I didn’t feel it in
my body
Belly

What did you think?
How did you feel?
● I felt seen, in my own community mental health is swept
under the rug and labeled as a weakness, something that
can be overcome if you just try hard enough
● I want to see the whole ﬁlm
● Beautiful and eye-opening
● My heart :D
● It is important that people of color are able to talk about
their mental health in a safe place, and that POC are
represented in our mental health systems
● “You’re soft” and “You’re a kid, you don’t have bills to pay”
are deﬁnitely things I’ve heard in my communities as well
● I felt angry/frustrated about what the Black community
suffers through, and then I felt hopeful at the end because
the doc is bringing awareness
● As a man it is hard to share myy emotions, I was not raised
like that, I am supposed to be strong

How can we support ourselves and others?
● Activities and events like this
● Listening with an open heart
● Open up to others, and be a support for others
if/when they open up to us
● Start the conversation!
● Keep the conversations going and be a person that
people can gravitate towards
● Be conscious of the words we use “crazy” “soft”
“weak” “lazy”
● Show people that it’s okay not to be okay and you
can ask for help
● Accept that sometimes we need help anad we are
in pain
● We all have down days
● Hanging out with people who feel that way and
make them feel like they’re not alone

PANEL
Digital round of applause
for our panel!

Art With Impact:
Continued Connections
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Exclusive community events and spaces
Arts-based discussion trainings
Interview and discussion opportunities
Weekly art + wellness prompts

MEET THE PANEL
bit.ly/m4mho-cosm
Megan Bueno (she/her)
Mental Health Peer Educator, College of San Mateo
Milena Ortega-Paganini (she/her)
Mental Health Peer Educator, College of San Mateo
Nada Ali (she/her)
Vice President, Active Minds, College of San Mateo
Marilyn Fernando (she/her)
Marketing and Community Engagement Lead, San Mateo County Pride Center
Verna Barrientos (she/her)
Clinician, San Mateo County Pride Center

Please ﬁll out the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop, at the end of
the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add your information to a sign-in
sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.

Virtual Mingle / Panel Q&A
Ask a question or share a thought!
You can raise your hand (see image below) to be given
instructions to audio in, use the public chat box, or
send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.

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...and don’t forget to copy/paste the
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