Pimp my mental heath
In this short film we join Gotcha Feelin’ as he helps Chloe “pimp her mental health” and get through a tough time.
Pimp my mental health by Homejam Productions was highly commended in ReachOut.com’s Inspire a Generation film competition 2012.
Check out ways to look after your mental health.
Pimp my mental health transcript:
Yo, my name is gotcha Feelin’, and I’m here to help a girl called Chloe. I’m here to pimp her mental health.
So you lost someone close to you, that’s hard. But Gotcha Feelin’ is here to help. Tell me a little about yourself. Stop! We need to make some changes.
You can’t throw feelings away
Yo, when you feel rubbish, you can’t just throw those feelings away. You need to get those suckers out!
So, to get a fresh perspective on things, you need to get some fr-fr-fresh air. Being inside all day, makes you feel like you’re inside a prison.
Fun
So yo, it’s important to have fun at least once a day.
Your mind is a muscle
Exercise is great, but your mind is also a muscle. You need to move that booty. If you get your mind right, you always look good.
One in four
So yo, check it. One in every four people in the world will experience mental health issues. So if you’re one of those people, you gotta reach out, and you gotta speak out.
The three F’s
So Chloe, if you need to talk, and Gotcha Feelin’ ain’t around you can depend on the three F’s: Friends, family and fr-fr-fr-fr counselor. Let’s kick tough times’ ass, together.
Reach out
So check it! If you’ve got money problems, you gotta reach out and inspire a generation. Pimp your mental health. Thank you Gotcha Feelin’!
Chloe: Thanks you Gottcha Feelin’ for pimping my mental health!
Check out the other entries:
Winner – Kate Dolan’s Subtitles
First runner up – Maureen Walshe’s Depression is a monster
Second runner up – Darren O’Connor’s What is depression?
Highly commended – Michelle Duong’s Benjamin
Highly commended – Jonathan Victory’s That voice inside
Highly commended – Anytime Production’s A new day
Highly commended – James Keating’s Whatstigma
Highly commended – Gavin Fitzgerald’s Find a light
Highly commended – Darragh Mc Cashin’s Making silence visible
Fair enough Alan, and thanks for letting us know...the only thing I'd say in response is that too often mental health content doesn't engage the general population, for different reasons but my own view is the focus is completely unbalanced, always leaning towards hopelessness and despair. If you do a google image search of the term 'mental health' count the number of 'head in hands' photos. There are other ways of looking at something which is fundamental to human existence, part of all of us...and granted, 'pimp my mental health' could be considered flippant and definitely an unusual take. But our hope is that it might engage some people who otherwise wouldn't think twice about mental health...we do appreciate the feedback though, and your opinion...and we'll be launching the 2013 film competition soon so if you're interested in putting in a script stay in touch,
Take care, Derek
We watched this 'Pimp Your Mental Health' video in a lecture and many of us found it to be appalling. It trivializes the issue and took a much too light-hearted approach to something that affects young people everywhere. Rather than encourage young people to talk about their issues it has the potential to make the young person feel stupid for having these issues.
After being interrupted and disregarded the girl in the video decides that her problems aren't that major after all. Given that having their opinions and feelings disregarded can be a huge factor in mental health issues we feel that it was a pretty poor call to base your video around exactly this.
Whatever the video was aiming to achieve, it missed the point by a considerable margin. I would not 'highly commend' this video by any means.