Barstow Community College - M4MH - 5.3.22- Presentation.pdf
- 2. #Movies4MentalHealth About Your Facilitator Carly D. Weckstein, she/they • Theatre Director • Intimacy Choreographer • Sex Educator • Book Nerd + Cat Lover IG: @thespomancer
- 3. #Movies4MentalHealth ○ Campus workshops ○ Monthly short film competition ○ Short film production grants ○ Global community BROUGHT TO YOU BY
- 4. #Movies4MentalHealth 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 $25!) ● Mingle / Q&A #Movies4MentalHealth
- 5. #Movies4MentalHealth Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on your own experience This is a public, shared space Some photos will be taken during the panel - please let us know if you are not comfortable with that Please take care of yourself and others however you need, including asking for help HEADS UP #Movies4MentalHealth
- 6. #Movies4MentalHealth IN JUST A FEW WORDS... What has self-care been looking like for you these days? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Hot yoga ● Cook outs ● Music ● Nature hikes ● Journaling ● Art, sketching ● Adopted a pup ● Walking
- 9. #Movies4MentalHealth Some movies and TV shows that show mental illness… #Movies4MentalHealth Degrassi Atypical Monk Girl Interrupted Sopranos Beautiful Mind Ordinary People Mommy Dearest 13 Reasons Why United States of Tara Split Legend of Korra Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Isn’t Real Intervention Perks of Being a Wallflower Better Call Saul Fight Club
- 10. #Movies4MentalHealth #Movies4MentalHealth Characters with mental illness are portrayed as… unhinged dangerous unstable murderous irrational agitated unreliable disturbing unaware selfish weak disconnected abused
- 11. #Movies4MentalHealth 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? ●“Don’t talk about it or you will lose opportunities for jobs later on”; young diagnosis “oh no we don’t want that, that means you can’t do ___ in the future” ●Sometimes people remove individuals with MI from families/communities, don’t talk about it, institutionalize them ●Message that say that people with MI are more dangerous than the average person ●Now it’s more of a “fad” to talk about MI, idea that some people use it as an excuse, terminology thrown around more loosely/casually ●“Don’t say anything cause you’ll be called ‘crazy’ or they will take you away” ●Not a concept in a lot of POC cultures, not just that we don’t talk about it but more that folks just don’t know that it’s an issue or have language to talk about it ●Everything is attributed to a temporary feeling you’re having rather than a chronic condition ●“You’re not depressed you’re lazy”’ / “You’re not anxious you don’t want to focus” à character flaw ●It looks different for everyone, some people are good at masking it, pushing through, you wouldn’t know they are suffering ●People don’t take the time to understand MH and the range of how it shows up in different people, don’t understand that everyone’s triggers and coping are different ●Working in the field of MH, getting family who says ”psychology is a pseudoscience” or “medication makes you sick”, or “all therapists push medication”, having to fight that stigma; sometimes family/friend don’t want to talk to you when they find out you’re a therapists, ”you’re analyzing me all the time”
- 12. #Movies4MentalHealth WHAT IS STIGMA? A judgment or stereotype that is: ○ Always negative ○ Always untrue ○ Can be internalized
- 13. #Movies4MentalHealth Rompiendo Olas / Breaking Waves By Adán Ávalos Voices With Impact, 2021 CONTENT HEADS UP mention of physical abuse and alcohol use disorder, description of depression
- 14. #Movies4MentalHealth IN PAIRS... WHAT DID YOU THINK? HOW DID YOU FEEL? #Movies4MentalHealth
- 15. #Movies4MentalHealth SHARE WITH US: What did you think? How did you feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Multi generational trauma is an issue, passing it on vs. breaking the cycle ● Still unusual to see men be vulnerable with emotions, especially older Latino men ● Very different relationships with each of his two parents ● “If it was a broken leg you can see it and people want to help” à but with invisible mental health issues people do the opposite, don’t want to hear about let alone help ● Sad/heavy that as he’s remembering the moment with his dad in the past, when he was struck by his dad, that’s one of the lasting memories he has of his dad ● Trying to tell himself he had a good childhood but that’s not fully the reality, kept trying to say “I’m fine” but he wasn’t, tries to hide feelings
- 16. #Movies4MentalHealth How does stigma feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Sad ● Misunderstood ● Shut down ● Shame ● Small ● Like it’s my fault ● Inadequate ● Defensive ● Numb (felt the bad feelings too much, now it’s just numbness) ● Alone ● Angry
- 17. #Movies4MentalHealth What makes it difficult to reach out for help? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Lack of resources ● Lack of accessibility ● Denial ● Fear of being judged ● Not trusting a person or a system to actually help ● Lack of awareness ● Asking for help/connections to resources from a parent that doesn’t believe in MH/MI in the first place ● Wanting to be “strong”, to do it without anyone’s help ● Not wanting to be a burden ● Negative experiences with therapy, struggling to find the right therapist and right medium (online, in person, group, individual) ● Process of getting help is often exhausting ● Misinformation ● Confidentiality concerns
- 19. #Movies4MentalHealth SELF REFLECTION HOW WAS THIS BREATHING EXERCISE FOR YOU? #Movies4MentalHealth
- 20. Chained By Dustin Lowman AWI Winner, September 2016 CONTENT HEADS UP post traumatic stress, veteran
- 21. #Movies4MentalHealth IN PAIRS... WHAT DID YOU THINK? HOW DID YOU FEEL? #Movies4MentalHealth
- 22. #Movies4MentalHealth SHARE WITH US: What did you think? How did you feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Sometimes we are so close to an experience that we can’t see a way out; if we can take a step back, take a breath, then sometimes we can see the situation differently and find a solution ● Keep fighting! ● Different/multiple solutions are present; he could also pull himself up with the chain; everyone’s brain sees situations different solutions ● Veterans are often trained to do things on their own, be as independent as you can, seen as a burden from the military if you’re asking for help; makes it extra hard to ask for help when struggling with PTSD ● Being triggered, PTSD feels like being chained ● The key is a symbol for asking for help or helping yourself
- 23. #Movies4MentalHealth Let’s go deeper… #Movies4MentalHealth ● Environment/setting looks familiar, similar to some classic military movies, fighting in the forest ● ● The whole film is done within a kind of military green palate ● What he was breaking away from specifically was PTSD from Fallujah, written on the tree ● Very specific placement of where his clothes were torn to reveal his USMC tattoo; common for vets to mark identity as veteran on their physical body; the placement is somewhere that no one would see unless his shirt was torn there; office job exterior, hiding the military PTSD underneath
- 25. #Movies4MentalHealth SELF REFLECTION HOW WAS THIS BODY SCAN FOR YOU? #Movies4MentalHealth
- 26. Sal Tran By Kim Huynh AWI Winner, March 2018 CONTENT HEADS UP mentions of: sexual violence, suicide attempts, systemic oppression, depression, anxiety, substance use, and PTSD
- 27. #Movies4MentalHealth SELF REFLECTION WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE THIS IN YOUR BODY? #Movies4MentalHealth
- 28. #Movies4MentalHealth What are your impressions? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Finding community with like minded people is a powerful part of healing ● Both relief and stigma of getting a diagnosis, finding community amongst other folks with your diagnosis ● A roller coaster, felt it in the stomach, the highs are good but you know it will dip and that’s scary ● Relatable, finding acceptance in surviving and battling abuse/trauma ● Importance of sharing your stories to help others, vulnerability as strength, as teacher/therapist you can tell students “I struggle too”, provides support and an open door to seek help ● Really struck by how their fourth attempt at suicide thought they would complete it, but their support system including their therapist helped; as a therapist/counselor it’s hard to know when to step in to advocate for clients ● The cycle of living with MI is so real, no cure, you’re life isn’t totally ”fixed” after diagnosis/medication, you live with it, it’s work forever, it’s your life, non-linear healing, “why aren’t you good/better?” ● Kept it real, meds don’t fix it all, just one toolkit for supporting your mental wellness
- 29. #Movies4MentalHealth How can we support ourselves and others? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Let people tell their stories, listen, be present ● Tell your own story, when we share stories with students that we work with, we model what that can look like and that’s it’s ok to talk about it, just drop casually in convos “I go to therapy” ● Be there for other people, be open and let folks know you are there for them ● Being mindful of others in our lives, practicing kindness goes a long ways, leading with love instead of shutting people down/out ● Moving away from the stigma, move away from internalizing when other people see you as “broken” because people can’t break, people are not objects, we just need to figure ourselves out and tend to our wounds ● Leaving the door open, earning trust, reminding people you’re still here, not rushing people to talk about their MH
- 30. #Movies4MentalHealth PANEL Round of applause for our panel! #Movies4MentalHealth
- 31. #Movies4MentalHealth Art With Impact: Continued Connections Exclusive community events and spaces Arts-based discussion trainings Interview and discussion opportunities Weekly art + wellness prompts Scan the QR code to learn more! bit.ly/awi-cc
- 32. #Movies4MentalHealth MEET THE PANEL Reem Abumeri (she/her) Student, Cleveland OH - Recorded Video Dr. Christa Banton (she/her/hers) EdD, MS, LMFT, CCTP Mental Health Counselor, The Mindful Space Barstow Community College Rebecca Calabrese (she/her/hers) Clinician/Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Program, Victor Community Support Services
- 33. #Movies4MentalHealth Please fill out the evaluation! @artwithimpact [email protected] #Movies4MentalHealth You can enter for a chance to win $25! 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.
- 34. #Movies4MentalHealth Please fill out the evaluation! @artwithimpact [email protected] #Movies4MentalHealth You can enter for a chance to win $25! 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. bit.ly/bcc-eval
- 35. #Movies4MentalHealth Mingle / Panel Q&A Ask a question or share a thought! #Movies4MentalHealth
- 36. #Movies4MentalHealth Stay in touch: Upcoming AWI Events: ● Friday, May 6: Screening of “My Mom” - May 2022 OLIVE Film Winner ● Thursday, May 12: Premiere of 5 winning “Physical Health” films ● Thursday, May 26: My Mental Health Story: Borderline Personality Disorder Check out these and future events by visiting our website! ...and don’t forget to sign in if you haven’t already! @artwithimpact [email protected] #Movies4MentalHealth Register Here