Week 1
I would say I had a narrow view on how it is like to be living with a mental health problem. And how you can be resilient to it . I can say that after watching the resilience series I had a way broader view to what is it like to be in the shoe of people who were genuine enough to share their experiences. The videos raised the emotions of happiness sadness and understanding while watching them . And I would say it has changed me as a person it made me more understanding to mental health problems and the fact that it can effect anyone including our loved ones which made me very emotional and wanting to create a change and help everyone who is struggling. It also was able to make me understand the real definition of resilience. In the videos, they were successful people like Elaine Crowley, a TV presenter. Who talked about her experience with clinical depression and how she was resilient to it and how family and friends can be able to help someone go through mental illness as it is not that easy to go through it alone. Another example of resilience in the videos was the businessman Pat Caslin who is diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis. Pat talked about his experience with MS and how he was able to cope with the psychological problems biological diseases like MS can cause and that it is not the end of someone’s life to be diagnosed with a biological illness. I would say now that I have more knowledge towards mental health problems and have a whole new view about it .
Posted by : Essa Albalooshi
Date : 11/02/2020.
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