Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

[MixMasterLar]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

You're not a sociopath. Maybe not cut out to help people on the personal, face to face level but not a sociopath.

Wish I could be of more help but trust me you don't want to hear my advice

[Funnygurl555]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

So the funny thing is I want to be a psychiatrist when I grow up, which means I want to do exactly that though =/

why do i always like the things i'm bad at. twg, japanese, improv. at least i got decent at improv though that was a longtime effort

Your advice is probably valid though dw about it literally anything helps

[andy-o24]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

I know in my health classes we covered eating disorders, but I can't recall mental illness. Perhaps depression in general terms was discussed, but I can't say that with certainty. And these memories are from high school, not middle school. I think we had sex ed in middle school, though.

I will say every syllabus in college has a section saying something along the lines of "if you feel overwhelmed or need to talk, use the resources at the counselling center." I'm not sure if they do a syllabus in middle school, it's been a while.

I will echo the concern about the breadth of what you want to discuss. There are quite a few mental illnesses and while I don't know what your ultimate time constraint will be, I fear one session will not adequately cover them. One thing you could do if your budget allows is to have a handout for the illnesses you do not have time to cover and the important information of where to seek help reinforced there.

Food for thought... Either way it sounds like you're stepping in the right direction, so keep it up. I wish you the greatest success with this.

-o24

[Funnygurl555]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

sry for bumping this thread like a mofo y'all but i got a thought

I think a way I can attack the breadth problem is to not talk about mental health as a whole n' talk about the things I know about, but also be like ~*DISCLAIMER*~ im like fresh outta college i know next to nothing lolok cheers
>>im not fresh outta college now im a senior im gonna graduate soon im so hype
>>>and i meant things that i know as in perhaps approach this as using my 20 y/o wisdom n' help the younglings be better than me

Mental health problems typically manifest in adolescence/young adulthood, so I mean there's a practical aspect to targeting middle schoolers, but I really wanted to target them because of my own experience. My own experiences with mental illness weren't like the worst, but I've strugg'd enough that I don't want others to go through what I went through. I was prejudiced against mental illnesses until I had one, and then I denied I had one for a while. Convincing my parents was ~h a r d~, so getting help was just not a thing I could do until I was on my own. I didn't have someone to talk to about my problems, and for a long time I wish I had a friend or family member that I could turn to (though if I opened my mouth I woulda learned I coulda talked to my sisters, but oh well). That's why I wanted to talk to all middle schoolers and not just those struggling with mental health issues, since friends are important elements of an informal support network. I still think what Spenner mentioned about aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy is important to talk about though, and I want to be able to incorporate that though so maybe I should ~*learn things*~

Also I think the idea of pamphlets are a good idea. I envision ppl wouldn't give me more than 60-90 min (or like a class period) loool so having extra info would be legit.

I literally only have fifty words for my proposal though I'm a failure I've spent a long time looking at memes I love memes and comedy man what would my life be without humor...

edit: yo i wish i knew a way to get all the kids parents in a room though and be like, "get ur kids help n' don't marginalize their mental health problems kthx" but it's super hard to gather parents grrr

edit2: also something i was told is that schools approach mental health differently and i should tailor whatever i talk about to the schools, so before i say anything to actual kids ima do some investigatin' n' know what the school's already doing. also i shouldn't assume schools don't do anything that's rude schools do things

why am i such a scatterbrain

work self work work work if not on this on your thesis graduate oml

edit3: perhaps if i talk more about things that i have experience i don't gotta worry so much about being like bad at talking to ppl about sensitive things 'cause well what's wrong with being insensitive about my own problems
not that i'd really wanna talk bout my particular experiences and stuff i mean that's a lil eh my life's chill

you know there's such a high chance that this is all for nothing but i also believe that if u really want something then it works out, maybe not in the way you think it will tho

[andy-o24]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

you know there's such a high chance that this is all for nothing but i also believe that if u really want something then it works out, maybe not in the way you think it will tho

Change starts with one person.

-o24

[MixMasterLar]

Re: Help me w/ a project I wanna do next school year

My philosophy is that you can accomplish anything if you dedicate serious effort to it, so if you want to do to this and help people then it's possible.

....but right now it seems like you are better off researching what all schools are doing; see what techniques seem to work vs what doesn't and generally be up to snuff on any related published study from the last few years before making a commitment. There's a reason any sort of doctor dedicates a decade or so of their lives to their studies before practicing.