Experiences of Mental Health Problems and the Community

In order to explore our collective and individual experiences of mental health problems the group drew a series of figures.   The figures could represent themselves, someone they know or a combination of people.   

Outside the figure the group were asked to write experiences, scenarios, behaviours and other factors which contributed to their experience of mental health problems.   

Inside the figure the group were asked to write thoughts, feelings and responses to the external factors.   

We asked the group to focus on both positive things and negative things.   We will use the resulting characters to help us understand each other's experiences and also to build narratives for our multimedia piece.