Dear Network,
I am psychologist by trade and a filmmaker at heart.
I am looking to connect to like minded people, making films for social change.
Following is my latest short: The illness of being human.
Please leave me a comment.
Thanks.
In art, Viola
The illness of being human:
While working with patients and for my own experience, I have realised that one of the biggest part of the problem with mental health issues is the stigma attached to it.
We feel ashamed for experiencing the emotions we experience, thinking the thoughts we think and acting in the only way we are able to act in our own circumstances.
So to the original pain, whatever that is; we add the pain of judging and criticising ourselves for being broken or damaged or just not good enough for this world.
So I decided to produce this short film to raise the issue, invite people to talk, to connect and maybe to start working together for a better world.
A world where the needs of the people, not the needs of the market have priority.
Where emotional health is a value to be nourished daily, not to be ignored till it explodes and then pathologised.
As the reality is that we are all humans experiencing the same human emotions.
We all suffer and it is only through openness, compassion and connection that we can overcome our difficulties.
I hope the film has portrayed the message well and that you will enjoy it.
If the film resonates with you, please feel free to pass it on to your network and to ask your contacts to pass it on to their network, if it resonates with them.
Thanks, Viola
Facdbook: @violasproductions
