Tag: Stigma
Artist Jade Bryant is fiercely tackling her mental illness with art and in the process is changing the world’s awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Composer and writer Sophie Jupillat talks to ASLI about her experiences with mental illness “Being able to write creatively and play music was a secret garden in my world of chaos and destruction”.
Debra-Lynn Hook speaks to ASLI about her photography, mental illness and her inspiring mission; The Healing Body Image Project, “If photos help one of our women progress one step forward on her healing path, that is change worth noting”.
Artist Jana Charl believes the statements “art saves lives” and “art creates change” reflect the power of art as both a practice and an impact on society.
Artist Emma Phillips has Borderline Personality Disorder and tells ASLI “my work is hard hitting and I do feel the messages within my work could help create change how others perceive mental illness”.
Poet Tim Evans tells ASLI “Art can be comforting and cathartic. It can also challenge us, in a very visceral way, to look at the world and our attitudes to it in a new light and reconsider our thoughts and actions. In those ways, I think, art can both save lives and create change”.
Visual Artist Maz Fietz tells ASLI “I have used my art to raise awareness to stop the stigma of suicide and mental illness. My aim is to catch people’s attention through my art and create that change that could help save a life”.
Artist and writer Chris Dean speaks to ASLI about her mental illness, creativity and recovery and says “Art can give a voice to the things we can’t find the words to say. Those feelings that are so big, they feel like they might tear us to pieces from the inside out”.
“Depression can be a fatal illness and this is often forgotten.” Dave Hubble speaks to ASLI about the effects of domestic violence towards children and how his poetry aims to end the silence.
Being a Professional with Mental Illness: Misconceptions, Stigma and Facing Prejudice
