Needing Ideas

Hi,

I think what is really difficult is having the are you okay conversation especially if someone has no insight into their own conditions so maybe this would be a good area to explore.

Also I think there not enough positive stuff about recovery and management.

Hi @Jo,

What a great idea!

There were many simliar projects in the past that took different angles and topics. Have you tried to do a search on YouTube? You would be able to see lots of examples from all over the world 🙂

Best wishes and good luck with the project!

Hi @Jo

It sounds like a really interesting project. I just thought I'd tag some other carers who might not have seen the post and may have some thoughts on the topic: @Faith-and-Hope, @Shaz51, @Janna, @MIFANTCARER, @querentxyz, @Attahua

Thanks so much. I really appreciate it.

Oh WOW. My wish for mental health, and all its variations on "normality",is to be portrayed as being something that encompasses the human spirit. After dealing with mental health issues, both personally and through my children, I feel that they need to be portrayed as being an "acceptable" variation of the human condition. i believe that we really need to question what actually makes behaviour abnormal.... what is abnormal? What I beieve is important is for society to accept that humans operate/function differentty and that we are diverse ... as oppposed to being abnormal if we do not operate or function within commonly held parameters of behaviour. IMO emotions are the key and if we can build on a system that encorportes the open expression of feeling without judgement then we'll be on to a winner. Get your friend to take it from there. The open acknwledgement and acceptance of human emotions in all its variation.

Janna ❤️

Thanks so much for the suggestion, Janna. So true, I might add ! Thanks again. Very much appreciated.

Thanks Sky. Will go and have a look at YouTube now. I hadn't thought of that. Thanks so much for the idea.

Yes, I agree. It seems to be a very common problem. Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

Hi Everyone

I can see a few variations on this theme ...

One is a "Take 1 - Take 2" version ...

"Take 1" is depicting a scene, taken from lived experience, where people with an mi are made to feel very uncomfortable - perhaps in a job interview setting, or school yard, or other social circumstances ... basically showing how not to treat someone with an mi ....

"Take 2" is a replay of the same scene, also taken from lived experience, where the same person in treated appropriately to their circumstances, which is likely to be how you would interact with someone who doesn't suffer mi issues ...

You could even do a "Take 3" where you substitute the word "diabetes", or "cancer", or "fibromyalgia", or reference supporting someone who has a physical disability, showing that greater stigma is placed on an mi than the other conditions simply through lack of awareness.

Another type of clip might already have been done .... where scenes are taken from everyday life .... then wording is superimposed over them in sentences, which are displayed and then removed .... saying -

Which person suffers with a diabetes condition ... ?

Which person suffers with an epilepsy condition .... ?

Which person suffers with a bipolar condition .... ?

Which person suffers from a hypermobility condition .... ?

Raising awareness ....

Raising compassion ....

Raising support ....

(of course there is no way to tell whether the people in the clips are struggling with anything at all, because the people and activities depicted are what we see everyday around us with no defining elements towards anything being asked ...)

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