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 Designed by: Alena Persaud, Kevin Castillo, Jacob Watkins
Thomas A. Edison Highschool

Mental illness is a really serious problem that many people have to go through every day of their lives, especially in this day and age. Even though getting help for mental health issues is easier to access now, and many more people are aware of them now, there are still a lot who don’t. There are still many people who don’t understand the struggle others have to face in their lives because of mental disorders. We still need to work towards bringing awareness to those who suffer from any mental illnesses, it is important for everyone to understand the struggles of having mental illnesses.

Why is Mental Illness an Issue and What Can We Do To Help Those Who Suffer From It?

Mental Illness is a really serious issue that affects so many people, including young teens. It can have such a significant impact on your perspective of life and how you view those around you. It can seriously mess up and alter your emotions and can increase certain negative emotions such as sadness or fear, which could leave you with a lack of happiness in your everyday life. Take anxiety for example. Anxiety is when your sense of fear is heightened and your awareness of your surroundings is increased because of the impending feeling that something negative is about to happen to you. And there are some people who have it worse than others, some just have general anxiety or social anxiety which only occurs when they are put into a situation where they have to communicate with others and speak to people they are unfamiliar with, or it can happen when speaking to anyone. And then there are people with much more severe anxiety, those who are unable to even leave their house due to the overwhelming feeling of fear or danger they experience when outside. People who experience this feel extremely unsafe being outside, and it would cause them to always stay inside their house in fear of the risk of danger. It can cause them to isolate themselves from the world completely. It could really take a toll on their lives, and their mental state of how they live for the rest of their life. But besides anxiety, there are so many more mental illnesses that people may suffer from that can cause them to feel this way. There are many young people such as teens and young adults who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses, and it can really have a significant impact on someone’s life if not properly taken care of, or without the help of a medical professional. This can also pose a problem as some people who have been diagnosed may not be able to afford help from a mental health professional, or they are just unable to get the help they need. 

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Some Effects of being isolated.

After being isolated at home for almost a year people have lost their ways to interact with the world and with people around them. Some might be feeling that they believe that nobody understands them, nobody cares about them and nobody listens to them. They feeling of extreme guilt in their chest and feel suffocated. Having this feeling of sadness and the lack of motivation to keep doing the things they once loved to do. Creates distance between them and people they enjoy being with and feeling like they are the worst of worst for not reaching the expectations of others. They feel a sense of failure or something close, not everyone feels the same things but it must be treated to feel better. An example of a mental illness that affects a lot of people in the world is depression, it affects how you feel, can make you feel unmotivated and sad and maybe angry, it's different for everyone of course but you can get someone professional to talk to, and they can try to diagnose you.

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May 28

Cheesecake, figs, and pinot noir.

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We made this project to represent how mental illness can impact a person and their lifestyle. This project shows how everything can be seen as joyful and innocent, while in reality, the person's actual life could be the complete opposite. The person is suffering from mental struggles, and are hiding it and isolating themselves from others.

 

The project can help people because as it is a find the difference game. It can help the person realize something is off with the environment, which represents the person with the mental illness realizing they need help. They start finding all the stuff that is wrong.

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If you feel as if you may be struggling from any mental health issues, make sure to seek the proper help you need. Contact your doctor or a medical professional if you are struggling mentally and if you think you may need it. Here is a suicide hotline button but here is the number which is 800-273-8255

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