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1. Movies for
Mental Health
Orange Coast College
February 7, 2019
Facilitator: Leslie Poston
@artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
2. Quick Facilitator Intro: Leslie Poston
My first-year students, PhD clients, and
professional clients experience many of the same
mental health needs, issues, and stigmas.
leslie@artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
3. Here’s the Plan
• Quick Introduction of Art With Impact
• Setting the Scene Together:
• Mental Health
• Stigma
• Watch and Discuss Films
• Panel of Students and Resources
#Movies4MentalHealth
4. Brought to you by…
Monthly Short Film Competition
(SEE FLYERS/POSTCARDS)
Campus Workshops
Global Community
Mental Health Services Act (2004)
PROPOSITION 63
1% tax on people earning >$1m/year
25% to prevention and early intervention
#Movies4MentalHealth
5. Where were you right before
coming to the workshop?
#Movies4MentalHealth
6. 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
9. Some movies and tv shows that
show mental illness…
The Machinist
A Beautiful Mind
American Housewife
13 Reasons Why
American Psycho
Rainman
Stranger Things
Split
Shameless
Perception
Momento
BoJack Horseman
Inside Out
My Crazy Ex Girlfriend
The Good Doctor
Fight Club
#Movies4MentalHealth
10. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
“Crazy”
Weird
Outcast
Challenged
In the Way
Exaggerated
Not Normal
Burden
Eccentric
Dangerous
Imbalanced
Depressed
Sick
Stupid
Indecisive
Unacknowledged
Disenfranchised
Hyper Sensitive or Apathetic
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12. Stigma
•A judgment or stereotype that is:
• Always negative
• Always untrue
• Can be internalized
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13. How does stigma feel?
Isolating
Low Self Esteem
Judgmental
Painful
Doubtful
Alone
Hopeless
Anger
Depressing
Distant
Frustration
Demoralizing
Different
Fearful
Resentful
Overthinking
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14. A Short Film About Anxiety
By Lily Rose Thomas + Stephen Isaac-Wilson
AWI Winner, July 2018
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15. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
16. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Different backgrounds and people
– anxiety is across the board of
humanity
Cool to see from outside
perspective on what the day to
day challenges are for people
who experience anxiety
What was on screen was
disorganized and showed how it
is to experience (by what was on
screen). Showed intensity
Individually they weren’t all
relatable. Trying to explain to
family what it’s like is difficult.
Years ago, not so common to see
how many people have these
experiences, resources and
awareness helps us help others.
Feelings
Felt validating to see anxiety
portrayed in a realistic way
Compassion/ate
Relate to them in some ways –
scrolling, scrolling – or having
friends but feeling alone
Very relatable no matter
background.
Spreading awareness and letting
people know that they are not
alone. Being anxious don’t want
to be judged for getting help.
17. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Wasn’t just doctors or self-
medicating.
Interesting to see how much
social media has increased
anxiety and experiences of
anxiety. Always trying to find
out what people are doing.
Important to show how people
help themselves (i.e., - pets)
Ways to branch out that are
within your grasp and comfort
zone.
Feelings
Seeing how other people deal
with it – helpful to see.
Knowing that you are not
doing something wrong for
what you experience.
Listening to them talk about
their anxiety generated a
feeling of anxiousness.
18. How did the filmmaking
techniques help tell the story?
• “Facetime” type of interviews
• Editing – quickly cut scenes initially and then slowed
down to music
• Music
• Shown actually having/experiencing anxiety (girl
drowning in tub) – very realistic
• At the end, person rising up (coming out of the state
that she was in)
• Man in bed – wondering if that’s where he went to
retreat
• Lightening - showed different types of anxieties
• Use of the veil – incorporating idea of community
#Movies4MentalHealth
20. Discuss in groups of three…
• What did you think?
• What did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
21. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
Purposes in life change throughout
our lives (personal example –
being let go from long term
career, now back in school) How
you react to changes
Wasn’t clear of the message – felt
like an existential crisis. Not my
mental state and feel like I’m in a
whole – felt like man in need.
Didn’t see what he did then with
his life – just know he likes
photography
Avoiding eye contact – many
people in person are non existent.
We need to engage more.
Feelings
Cried – showed power of sharing
your experience. Helpful to stop
and take a breath.
Pierced heart and struck even
closer to home. Without meaning,
everyday is the same.
Photography saved him from
himself and he has anxiety
disorder and was suicidal.
Was more personal – showed
different method to helping other
people. Being able to tell your
story and find what could be
helpful.
Had to be hospitalized –
conversion disorder –
psychological illness from being
stressed
22. Why don’t people get help?
• Insecurity – wanting to be strong for themselves, but to get
strong you must seek guidance of others
• Backlash (consequences that show up unfavorably in other
areas of life – like Child Services being called on a parent)
• Amount of time it can take to get help – adding stress
• Guilt – not wanting to feel like a burden
• Pride – want to feel self reliant – fear of vulnerability
• Ashamed of the situation
• Stubborn (minimizing what’s happening)
• People dismissing it – even if they are close to you.
• Don’t know where to go or who to talk to.
• Element of frustration because it’s hard to explain.
• Lack of awareness of what they are experiencing.
• Financial.
• Health insurance
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24. Responses and Reactions?
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• Played important objective – story of someone with these kind of
struggles – could see how the character felt in terms of her mental
health
• Stated that she is traumatized by the voice in her head – also telling the
story with her voice
• How important self care is. Voice will always be there – always
experiencing pain but being able to get it out in writing (in this case).
• Liked the ending – got warmer and warmer (sound of her voice) and
what she said about herself.
• Expressing the importance of self-love – always trying to feel void from
childhood, but learning to love yourself can be very empowering to help
you cope with childhood experiences.
• Very liberating – acceptance of the voice instead of hiding it. Can
relate to a lot more people that way and help them with what they’re
going through as well.
• Never thought about “the voice” that way – depending on the trauma, is
a version of yourself. Hit really close.
25. What can we do?Going out in the sun
Skin care routines
Exercise
Time with friends/hanging out
Eating healthy
Writing
Stepping away from daily routine
Going out with nature
Recognizing that situations you’re in are often short term
Changed perspective – finding meaning
Educating more people about mental health – and in safe environments
Sleeping
Meditation
Getting help
Doing something kind for others
Getting break from normal environment
Not listening to negative voices
Talking to someone different than friends or family
Gratitude and daily motivation
Having these types of workshops (Yay!)
#Movies4MentalHealth
26. Panel
We’re going to transition and send our email
sign-up sheet around!
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27. Meet the Panel
David Mayorga
Orange Coast College Student
Shay Green
Orange Coast College Student
Larry Valentine, MFT
Director of Mental Health Services, Orange Coast College Student Health Center
Dr. Miatta Snetter, PsyD
Psychologist, US Vets "Outside the Wire" Drop Zone
Dulce Arias Jackson
Social Work Assistant, Mental Health Center, Hoag Memorial Hospital
Gabriela Gonzalez
Communications & Development Director, Casa De La Familia
#Movies4MentalHealth
28. Stay in touch!
Don’t forget to leave your name
and email on the sign-up sheet!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
#Movies4MentalHealth
