the mindmap as we were able to share and discuss our ideas and write them down on paper. this supported us with the different ideas.

What improvements would we make if we had the opportunity to do the task again?

we would think deeper into our topic and have more variety of ideas. at the start we thought that our topic on relationships would be good as we had a variety of things to talk about but then during the process we thought that we should have chosen a different topic because it was a bit difficult to film and we got way over the time limit.

What Elements of Collaboration were successful?

cooperation and responsibility as we were all able to cooperate in our roles and discuss our ideas. i had the responsibility to take care of both the mind maps so we don't loose them

What improvements could have been made in terms of Collaboration?

to think of new ideas and think outside the box by linking our ideas together

What Persuasive Techniques did we use? How effective were these? What evidence do I have of this?

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• causes them to overthink decisions and feel pressured to do things that they do not want to which can affect people’s mental health like depression, anxiety and low self asteem. 

• feeling uncomforable because you are forced to do things you dont feel comfortable doing

• feeling gaslighted or manipulated into thinking things that arent true

• make people turn on you as their views change when they are manipulated by what others say and think 

This problem affects adolescents who struggle to keep a healthy relationship with their friends. This occurs the most at schools where there are multiple friend groups that form and break. 

• How many people are affected by this problem?

Around 84% of women and 75% of men have experienced a toxic relationship with their friend. Another study shows that 1 in 3 teenagers have been in a toxic friendship. 

• What currently exists in this space?

• Is your problem really a problem?

This problem is very vital to look at as many people experience toxic relationships/friendships, leading to health problems and stress. 

• Do you know anyone who might be experiencing this problem?

• what is your problem?

Toxic relationships cover a variety of different types of relationships that negatively impact someone. This could include controlling relationships, abusive relationships, pressuring realationships, manipulative relationships and many more. These types of relationships can affect people’s mental health and cause stress. 

• Who is it affecting?

It affects people who may have difficulty standing up for themselves or stuck in a situation where they are blackmailed or manipulated into 

• What evidence do you have to support that this is a problem (data, statistics etc)

  
  

• What is your solution? Relationship help line . com 

  
  

• What makes your solution unique (how is it different from other things available)

  
  

• How is your solution going to positively impact on your problem

• Do you know what a toxic friendship is yes/no

• Have you ever experienced a toxic friendship yes/no

• How do you feel if you or someone you know have experienced a toxic friendship ( answer)

• Name one thing that is considered toxic in a friendship (answer)

• What can you do if you find yourself in a toxic friendship ? (Answer)

• Who can you reach out if you ever find yourself in this situations (Parents, teacher, friends , other (multiple))

• How might you end a toxic friendship (Answer)

• Would you like a website or help line to give advice to you and your friendships (Yes or no)  

• A lonely 15-year-old high schooler who struggles to have a happy friendship with her peers needs to discover new friends who will make her feel comfortable because toxic relationships can hurt their mental health.   

• A student who just transferred from Primary school to Highschool and they realizes that all of their old friends are changing and becoming someone they don’t recognize anymore. They realize that they need to bond with new classmates and create new friends that they can depend on throughout high school. 

• A quiet student who has a best friend, but their friend is slowly distancing themselves from them and always gets mad at them quickly. But whenever the friend is in trouble they come looking and asking for the student's help. This students needs to realize that their friends are using them and that they need to open themselves up and make new friends. 

Therapy can be extremely helpful as they find the problematic patterns of their bahavior and the emotional outcomes and guide them to the right path where things are healthier. They help with emotional support, cognitive reframing, self awarness, decision making and skill building. 

• Comfort toys

Comfort toys can help in emotional and physcial support as you can hug onto a stuffed animal or use them as a stress relief. 

• Online friends

• Try to understand the your friend’s motives and why they are acting this way

Instead of blaming them for why the relationship is unhealthy, try to understand the things that could be affecting them and their actions. They might be suffering themselves so letting the anger out on them isn’t going to make things better

• Therapy 

It doesn’t have to be with a professional therapist but it’s best for mental health where you tell your problems to someone who you trust. This could be a parent or another friend who isn’t part of the friend group. Having another’s opinion and them giving ideas and advice can help the person view their relationship differently. This can help them come up with other ways to have a conversation with their friend. 

• Step out of denial

It may seem like a simple step but for some people it can be tricky. They need to accept the fact that they are in a toxic relationship even if they are in denial. Even if you have been friends with this person for years or been in a relationship with them it doesn’t mean they can’t change over a period of time. 

• Hang out with friends who make you happy

Step away from these toxic relationships as it will continue to have a negative impact on your life. Instead hang out with friends who make you feel happy and comfortable as this will boost your confidence and generally help with your mental health. 

Kylie - whats the affect of toxic relationships on people?

• toxic relationships have a very negative impact on people as they can feel stressed out, upset, and overwhelmed. 

• causes them to overthink decisions and feel pressured to do things that they do not want to which can affect people’s mental health like depression, anxiety and low self asteem. 

• feeling uncomforable because you are forced to do things you dont feel comfortable doing

• feeling gaslighted or manipulated into thinking things that arent true

• make people turn on you as their views change when they are manipulated by what others say and think 

Alice - Why is it toxic?

• Friendships can be sorted in many different ways, no friendships are similar. However, there are heavy signs of toxic relationships that many adolescents don’t understand, causing them to land in a pit. 

• In a toxic relationship, you may not feel the support or the compassion of your so-called friend, this could create an insecure and minimizing feeling created by them. 

• They brush off your problems or your achievements like they are nothing of importance. To explain in simple terms, they aren’t someone you can go to, someone who is not by your side. 

• In certain situations, this toxic friendship that you guard with a lot of confidence may affect your other relationships.  As this friend claims about the terrible things that are happening between her and your other relationships, you may be heavily affected due to their manipulation ideas.

• Things a toxic friend could do: Disrespect boundaries, always needing something but not giving anything in return, weaponize their struggles, make you feel guilty for hanging out more social interactions, and many more that can’t be named at once.

in week 3 of action project we finally stated a bit on our assignment task on the spin off project. we figured out our groups and started discussing our topic. alice was away for many lessons (peer support) so maral and i decided to do relationships. then we expanded on relationships by creating a mindmap and expanding on the problems that are caused in relationships and picked a subtopic to focus on. maral and i chose toxic relationships. we chose toxic relationships as there is a variety of things to discuss about and that will help us expand on information for our assessment. in our last action project class of the week maral and i got one persuasive technique to focus on and ours was imagery. from there we had 10 minutes to come up with a 1 minute presentation with our chosen technique to convince the class that they should be interested in a certain topic. our topic was "Globally it is estimated that approximately 52% of all sea turtles have eaten plastic." i think that it was a good opportunity to discuss and collaborate with our partners and practice going up in front of the class.