College of the canyons m4 mho - 9.22.21 - presentation (3)
- 2. #Movies4MentalHealth About Your Facilitator Carly D. Weckstein, she/her • Theatre Director • Intimacy Director & Coordinator • Sex Educator • Community Facilitator • Book Nerd + Cat Lover
- 3. #Movies4MentalHealth POLL: Who’s here today? A Student at College of the Canyons C B #Movies4MentalHealth Faculty/staff at College of the Canyons Somebody else A: 9 |||||||||||| 56% B: 5 ||||||| 31% C: 2 ||| 13%
- 4. #Movies4MentalHealth POLL: Where in the world are you? California A C B #Movies4MentalHealth Another state Another country A: 18 ||||||||||||||||||||| 100% B: 0 | 0% C: 0 | 0%
- 5. #Movies4MentalHealth ○ Campus workshops ○ Monthly short film competition ○ Short film production grants ○ Global community BROUGHT TO YOU BY
- 6. #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 a $25 Amazon gift card!) ● Virtual Mingle / Q&A #Movies4MentalHealth
- 7. #Movies4MentalHealth 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 #Movies4MentalHealth
- 8. #Movies4MentalHealth 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 #Movies4MentalHealth
- 9. #Movies4MentalHealth 3 WAYS TO ENGAGE We welcome your participation! CHAT BOX: Use the Public Chat to connect with the whole group #1 #Movies4MentalHealth
- 10. #Movies4MentalHealth 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! #Movies4MentalHealth
- 11. #Movies4MentalHealth If you need tech support, ask… Look for the person whose name begins with AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues. #Movies4MentalHealth
- 12. #Movies4MentalHealth IN JUST A FEW WORDS... What has self-care been looking like for you these days? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Deep breathing, stretching and meditating ● Spending time with my boyfriend ● Gardening ● Journaling ● I get a message. And I like to paint. ● Working out ● I sleep or eat ● Enjoying my horse ● Music… but that’s it ● Showering and brushing my hair ● Spending time with my pets and reading ● Bible podcast, Gratitude journal ● Skincare, reading, playing video games, watching TV, gardening ● Health & wellness, mediation, exercise, skin care :)
- 15. #Movies4MentalHealth Some movies and TV shows that show mental illness… #Movies4MentalHealth ● Euphoria ● A Beautiful Mind ● The Perks of Being a Wallflower ● It’s Okay not to be Okay ● The Big Bang Theory represents mental illnesses widely. Mayim Balik who plays the role of Amy has a podcast name “Breakdown” and it’s great! ● Inside Out ● I’m waiting for Dear Even Hanson to come out ● Black Swan ● The Brian Laundrie news ● Shameless
- 16. #Movies4MentalHealth Characters with mental illness are portrayed as… #Movies4MentalHealth ● Unstable ● Threatening ● Anxious, absent or all over the place, people-pleasers, moody… ● Nonverbal ● Distant, narcissistic ● Isolated ● Untrustworthy ● Eccentric ● Some are extremely bright and sharp tho ● It sometimes feels as if the media is trying to box mental illness in a one-size fits all type of thing.. like if you deviate from their checklist, it makes your suffering less valid
- 17. #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? ● Not accepting ● Viewed as you are crazy ● Mental health a taboo in my culture ● Coming from a Latinx household, mental health was never discussed. I remember trying to bring up the conversation and got shut down in the face ● Coming from a Hispanic family they say “Getting therapy is just for crazy people” ● They think it’s not real ● Mental illness = weakness ● Being see as broken for having a mental illness ● Being a first-generation Filipino-American mental illness is not a conversation to have at dinner ● The stigmatization of mental health in communities of faith. I was told prayer was the answer to mental illness, and that clinical/personal self-care was irrelevant ● I am Filipino-American. When I brought up having anxiety to my parents years ago they laughed and told me my doctor made it up! ● Or the “When I was your age I had already gone through this and that and I never cried or went crazy…” ● You do not want to be labeled ● My culture talks about mental illness as “that person is crazy” or if we seek counseling we have a problem
- 18. #Movies4MentalHealth WHAT IS STIGMA? A judgment or stereotype that is: ○ Always negative ○ Always untrue ○ Can be internalized
- 19. The Conversation That Never Happened (从未发生过的对话) By Gordon Yao AWI Winner, April 2020 CONTENT HEADS UP depression, stigma
- 20. #Movies4MentalHealth HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER WATCHING THIS FILM? A Hopeful C B #Movies4MentalHealth D E Sad Angry or Frustrated Overwhelmed Worried or Anxious A: 4 ||||| 20% B: 11 |||||||||||| 55% C: 2 ||| 10% D: 0 | 0% E: 3 |||| 15%
- 21. #Movies4MentalHealth How does stigma feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Judgemental ● Cold-shoulder ● Misunderstood ● It feels like they don’t really know the truth ● Isolating ● Physically, it’s a sharp punch to the gut. Emotionally, it is exhausting and draining ● It feels like you’re alone in your pain. Because the people you ask to help you illegitimize your feelings
- 22. #Movies4MentalHealth What makes it difficult to reach out for help? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Scared of others opinions ● Out of fear ● Shame ● Internalization ● Being the burden… ● Guilt ● Scared of the unknown ● We don’t understand the process of what it means to ask for help ● We don’t know where to go for help ● Need to find someone trustworthy ● Embarrassed ● Feeling like you dont “have the time” or life is moving too fast ● You expect to hear “I’m going through my own problems”
- 24. #Movies4MentalHealth HOW WAS THIS BREATHING EXERCISE FOR YOU? #Movies4MentalHealth A Relaxing C B D E Invigorating or refreshing Meh Stressful or uncomfortable New A: 13 ||||||||||||||| 72% B: 3 |||| 17% C: 2 ||| 11% D: 0 | 0% E: 0 | 0%
- 25. Mind Matters By Josef Adamu AWI Winner, November 2019 CONTENT HEADS UP depression, stigma, alcohol use
- 26. #Movies4MentalHealth What did you think? How did you feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Heavy ● It felt so real ● Talking is good but he needs to change his story ● Emotional at the ending ● The image of drowning is very intense... because that’s how it feels like. ● Felt surreal ● Made me think about a lot of men in my life, including my son
- 27. #Movies4MentalHealth What are some practices that help support your wellness? #Movies4MentalHealth ● A good ol’ cry ● Alone time ● Mediation creates a zero point so that a person can then start with new beliefs ● Yes to meditation, focus on what I can control ● Escape from reality and go do something I can control - travel ● Deep breathing ● Digital fasst ● Being grateful ● Be in nature and ground myself by observing my surroundings ● I also think that the practice depends on the difficulty of what’s happening… Sometimes you need a quick release like crying or screaming or talking
- 29. #Movies4MentalHealth HOW WAS THE BODY SCAN FOR YOU? #Movies4MentalHealth A Relaxing C B D E Invigorating or refreshing Meh Stressful or uncomfortable New A: 5 |||||||| 38% B: 4 ||||||| 31% C: 2 |||| 15% D: 1 || 8% E: 1 || 8%
- 30. Little Elizabeth By Elizabeth Ayiku AWI Winner, February 2018 CONTENT HEADS UP discussion of trauma and childhood sexual assault
- 31. #Movies4MentalHealth WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE THIS IN YOUR BODY? #Movies4MentalHealth A Head C B D E Shoulders Somewhere else I didn’t feel it in my body Belly A: 6 |||||||| 38% B: 4 |||||| 25% C: 2 ||| 13% D: 3 |||| 19% E: 1 || 6%
- 32. #Movies4MentalHealth What did you think? How did you feel? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Power ● I cry ● Real and powerful ● My inner child ● It made me feel a little jealous.. That’s the recovery I crave and still seem so far from me… ● It’s important to acknowledge our own feelings/emotions ● She seems so at peace
- 33. #Movies4MentalHealth How can we support ourselves and others? #Movies4MentalHealth ● Talk to someone weekly - counseling ● Check in with ourselves and others when we can ● Listen to them when they are going through something and offer advice if necessary ● Be open and be a good listener ● Therapy, follow supportive IG accounts, read about it, talk it out ● Smile more ● Pay attention ● Self-acceptance, prayer ● Also pay attention to others, sometimes we are living too fast and do not see what is really happening to others ● Consider visiting with someone in the Personal Counseling Program at the college ● Listening to our bodies and taking naps ● Go into nature ● Journal ● Show love and tell people they are important ● If human contact or hugs is too much for some, cuddle with your pets <3
- 34. #Movies4MentalHealth PANEL Digital round of applause for our panel! #Movies4MentalHealth
- 35. #Movies4MentalHealth Art With Impact: Continued Connections Click the link in the chat to learn more! Exclusive community events and spaces Arts-based discussion trainings Interview and discussion opportunities Weekly art + wellness prompts
- 36. #Movies4MentalHealth MEET THE PANEL bit.ly/m4mho-cotc1 Edna Garcia de la Torre (she/her) Student, College of the Canyons Cyndi Bendezú Palomino (she/her/they) Director EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs, Inspire Scholars (formerly RISE), and Undocumented Resource Center (URC) Monica Dedhia, LCSW (she/her) Program Manager III of Access, Crisis & Community Engagement, Child & Family Center Amanda Hills, LCSW (she/her) Clinical Director, Samuel Dixon Family Health Center
- 37. #Movies4MentalHealth Please fill out the evaluation! @artwithimpact [email protected] #Movies4MentalHealth 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.
- 38. #Movies4MentalHealth 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. #Movies4MentalHealth
- 39. #Movies4MentalHealth Stay in touch: Sign up for Continued Connections! ...and don’t forget to copy/paste the resources in the Shared Notes! @artwithimpact [email protected] #Movies4MentalHealth