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[mentalillnessmouse]

I feel really embarrassed and ashamed whenever I have to talk about my mental health to anyone. Even though on another level I know that what I'm dealing with is fairly common, I still have a hard time talking about it even when I need to. Even to friends with similar problems or when I schedule an appointment and have to give a reason why to the receptionist or something. Do you have any advice for overcoming this? *Meant to be anon

Stigma CW

Hi,

I’m sorry to hear you’re struggling with this. Even if you logically understand that it’s a problem many people experience and have friends going through similar experiences, it can be difficult to open up. This can be for many reasons. It can be something personal, some people find it harder than others to open up, but feelings of shame and embarrassment can sometimes come from internalised stigma. Even if someone grows up with a an open minded and supportive family who have never shown any kind discrimination towards mental illness, we can still see it in other places like our community or in the media. Even people who struggle with mental health problems and know that it’s okay, can sometimes feel like they have something to be ashamed off.

In terms of how you can overcome this, it may not be something that will happen straight away. It may take a bit of time to get comfortable confiding in people. I will stress that you don’t have to tell anyone anything you don’t want too, but if you do want to tell people, but struggle to, there are certain things you can do. It might be helpful to start of telling only the people closest or the people you feel most comfortable with. Such as close family members or your friends who have similar problems.

When actually talking to someone about it, it may help to tell the person in advance that you want to talk about something that’s difficult for you to say and that you would like there support. This can open up the conversation and make it easier for you to go into the conversation. It may be helpful to prepare yourself for different reactions, especially if you’re telling someone who doesn’t have experience with mental health problems. Ideally, everyone will react positively and will be supportive but that isn’t a guarantee so preparing yourself for a range of reactions may help you to know how you want to reply and to not to get too distressed by it.

It might be difficult at first but taking that step and talking to the people you feel comfortable with, will give you a taste of being open about your struggles and make it less daunting the next time. We have several helpful resources on this subject, that go into more detail on talking about mental health and I will post below.

How to tell someone about your mental health & interactions with others

This post on telling someone about your mental health problem has some great tips and advice.

This is a post with links to various module you can complete to help you assert yourself.

Talk about Mental Health

How to start your conversation

How to tell the people you love

Video for Parents By Teens Explaining Depression

How and When to Disclose Mental Illness

All the best,

Dee

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Our quick five video game brainstorms:

Zambies!

  Survival of the Zombie Apocalypse by making choices throughout the game, with the wrong choice meaning death.

Foggy Maze

   A birds-eye-view maze escape where you fight enemies and have limited vision.

House of Fears

Sidescrolling escape where you face a common fear on each level of the house, and eventually Fear itself. Heavy focus on sound effects

Survive of Die

Stick-figure party fights for dominance in a turn-based combat game.

Beer Hunter/ Beowulf needs his Beer

Over the shoulder view of Beowulf and his search for more beer. Explore your surroundings to find the hidden drinks before time is up.

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aura

Walter Benjamin brings a great point to the table about aura. Benjamin believes that because of the invention of easily re-produced imagery such as film photography, that these images don’t have the same effect on the viewer as a one-of-a-kind work of art like a painting. Due to the fact that photography and other forms of now digital art can be accessed by anyone with internet access, these pieces of art don’t have the same effect because a certain quality they lack because of the ease of reproduction. Not only can these images be easily reproduced they can be manipulated in a way that the image is no longer what the artist has created. Knowing that the images can be changed in this way with such ease makes the viewer perceive what they see in a different way. The art no longer is viewed as a unique piece of art, but is seen without the same awe as if looking upon the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel.

 As a photographer it is often unsettling knowing how difficult to awe the viewer and creating something unique and different than any other image.   I experience this with every picture I take. I took a picture of an osprey flying low to the water with a rainbow trout in its talons. I saw the picture as spectacular, but the image received little attention because anyone can look on Google and see thousands of the same thing happening. My photograph had lost its aura. Instead of being unique and awe-striking photo it was reduced to being another one of “those” images. An amazing capture of time that had captivated me had not had the same effect on anyone else because the photo was no longer unique. I could not convey through the photograph how slim the chances are of capturing the same picture again. The split second was in a sense one-of-a-kind, but because of technology the photo could be seen as an everyday occurrence which is quite un-encouraging. On the other hand my photograph of the osprey can do things art in museums can’t; it can be seen by anyone with a computer or smartphone and reach masses of viewers easily. Someone who has never seen an osprey catch a fish or even simply seen an osprey can experience it too. Someone in Tokyo could look at my picture and see a sight they cannot with their own eyes. The internet has allowed for people to see amazing things they may not ever be able to otherwise.

Facebook has allowed for me and my other friends who participate in photography to learn from each other. It is a tool to see other ideas I might not have thought of. I can learn through others experimentation to see what works and what doesn’t. As well as seeing amazing photos from my close friends I can experience how they see the world and all of the things in it. There are many things I would not know how to do or even thought of because of Facebook.

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Type analysis

The letter I was given for the Type analysis was C. When first looking at the letter I thought it looked frightened. Do to its varying change in size throughout the ascenders, descenders, and body of the letter, giving it an unnatural felling when looking at it. Also the accented lines in the letter make it look as though is shaking, cold, or creepy. This kind of font would most likely be used for anything that is supposed to be bone chilling, such as a scary movie a haunted house or even a creepy dance. The font similar to this is actually called creepy. The ascenders have the same varying change in size, as well as the descenderes and the body of the font. The difference is the creepy font is dripping something off the letter, rather than the accented parts of the body which gives the shaking effect.