Journal by Forbes, Tyla L.

2025-04-29 23:34:51 UTC

Her parents care more about their cocktail party and themselves.

It is important to have an awareness of mental illness so you know what signs to watch for in yourself and the people around you.

They could’ve focused on talking more about their daughter rather than themselves.

2025-04-29 23:35:22 UTC

The parents seem to care most about their identity and how the rest of the family sees her. Awareness of mental health is important to remove stigmas towards people with mental health disorders. They could have been more empathetic and supporting to their daughter.

2025-04-29 23:35:41 UTC

her parents care more about what people will think about their family if they don’t come for the holidays. This shows that mental health awareness is important in order for people to recognize symptoms for example one of the parents may also have BPD as well as be supportive of someone who is struggling with the illness. they could support her by listening to what she has to say and how she feels and take it into consideration when they make decisions as a family. they could also listen to her needs to help her navigate living with BPD.

2025-04-29 23:35:56 UTC

Her parents do not care about her, This shows the importance of mental illness because if it goes unnoticed it can cause further issues, They could have been more empathetic and supportive to their daughter

2025-04-29 23:36:10 UTC

1) the parents seem to care more about the family status in society than the well being of there daughter

2) the parents seem to know little about mental health/illness, and the video shows how important it is to raise awareness about mental health

3) they could have allowed her to talk more and express her thoughts/opinions than speaking for her instead

Reflection

2025-04-29 23:36:11 UTC

1) her parents cared more about the perception of having a daughter with a mental illness than their daughter.

2) This shows the negative connotation associated with mental illnesses and stigmas that exist in society.

3) The parents should have been more worried about how to best support their daughter and care for her well being.

They seemed to be in denial and just cared about their reputation and they acted like it wasn’t true. This doesn’t help her because then she feels like an outcast for something she can’t control.

2025-04-29 23:36:20 UTC

2025-04-29 23:36:36 UTC

They seem so care more about their image than about how she felt. They seemed to be worried that the family would judge her.

It shows that it is important to understand mental illnesses because the family is having a bigger reaction than necessary and is making the situation worse because they are making her feel like a monster.

They could’ve been more understanding instead of the mom crying in-front of her. They could’ve also been reassuring that they would be there for her to help her through this. Also just all in all being less self centered

Great Clip

2025-04-29 23:36:43 UTC

This is so classically how the 80s and 90s approach to mental health felt. In some was it was not as harsh as the shock therapy of the 50s but it was still about stigma and social acceptability. Parents suffer with denial almost masking and erasing the needs of their children. We have come a long way since then. Today, there is less stigma and more education around making life easier for those will mental illness. There are a variety of treatment programs for patients AND support groups for parents. The new philosophy is that this is a family recovery process and not just shouldered on the individual who is ill.

Journal Questions

2025-04-29 23:36:44 UTC

Their image is what they care most about.
It is important to have awareness on mental health because you know what to look for and how to help.
They could have payed more attention to their daughter and asked how she was doing.

reflection

chloecogovan — 2025-04-29 23:36:49 UTC

Susanna's parents seem to care more about their reputation and how they'll be perceived. They think that she's "crazy" just because she has BPD.
This shows the importance of awareness because it can educate families and others on different disorders and prevent this reaction.
They could have asked what BPD is and how it could effect her, asking in a more positive, open way rather than making her feel like an alien with a disorder.

2025-04-29 23:36:56 UTC

Her parents seem more to care about how people think of them as a family. This shows that mental health is very serious and not something to joke around about. The parents could of gotten her help and showed that they were there for her

2025-04-29 23:37:03 UTC

Her parents seemed to be more concerned about themselves and what other people might think of their situation. (Their Christmas party)

This show how people might be more concerned about what other people think than what the people with mental illness think. There needs to be more awareness on how to handle these types of situations with family members with mental illness. The parents could have asked Suzan what she thought and how she felt during that meeting. And more in her situation she’s in than concerned about how it second hand affects them.

2025-04-29 23:37:10 UTC

Her parents are more focused on themselves and what they would look like if people knew she had a mental illness. It’s important to have awareness for mental illness because then it won’t have a negative connotation around it. It shouldn’t be a bad thing and i think talking about it and having awareness will help this. Her parents could have been supportive of her and focused more on her than themselves