Mental Health Sustainability: You need to help yourself before you help others 

500-Word pitch: 

 

You need to help yourself before you help someone else, having stable mental health before making the world a sustainable place. It is a battle between you and your mental health in order to make the world a better place. 

 

With our podcast, we intend on having a simple conversation with our beloved students at UAL, specifically London College of Communication to bring students together and uniting them through the power of speaking, tackling the hard topic on mental health while being a student. We are aware and know that there are people in the medical field who we can approach for help however, it may not always be the most beneficial as mental health is an internal issue, making it difficult for us to talk to individuals who are doing their job. Having that small conversation with someone who can relate from both being the same age and potentially experiencing similar mental health issues can make students feel a lot more comfortable and securely open about their own stories – making them know that they are not alone knowing that there are other perspectives and experiences out there with the same issues they’re facing.  

 

The podcast should be produced as it's something that we hear around the campus daily (not every word per say) but is something intriguing to think and talk about. We can link the idea of seeking guidance, light and advice through the concept of sustainability because we share the hope of helping another mind out. 

 

We believe that the topic of mental health has been highlighted and broken down into something statistical – which is something real and heavy for anybody so young to take upon. It is always warming and useful to hear others go through something similar, hearing what kind of coping mechanisms they use and eventually taking this on as a coping mechanism for our own selves, helping the world go round – making it a better place. 

(Written with Asta and Tanvi)

I eat, drink and take a daily stroll around town.  

To walk to my usual area, I take a long route around the main road.  

It’s not the most pleasant thing, you hear people. Talking, gossiping, being passive aggressive and shouting at one another for no reason. What happened to peace and love in the world? 

Listen to montage of cat walking through to reach the park. 

Anyway, I pass all the nonsense on the street before I can get to my location of the park.  

Oh how I love nature! The grass is green, fresh and cool. It really is a treat in the summer breeze roaming around...and ooooo what’s this oddly tall thing? *climbs up the tree* 

 

ARGHHHHHH. Where am I? How do I get down?  

Help. 

Please?! 

Somebody?! 

I need help. 

I can’t get down!!!!!! 

 

What is this?! What kind of ear-aching sound is that? 

Ew. Get away from me you creep! Who are you?  

Oh wait you are helping me- what a kind soul you are..  

Where an earth is my owner..oh there you are.. 

Right never doing that again... 

 

How much is enough? 

Hello and welcome to our podcast 'Checking in on YOU’, where we talk about mental health as students and how we can be more sustainable with it all. 

We believe that mental health as a topic has gradually been coming out to be something less taboo and more discussed than ever before – especially amongst young people and young adults.  

You may question: what does sustainability have to do with mental health talk?  

Well, our fellow listeners, sustainability can be broken down into a variety of sub-topics like accessibility, guidance, research, diversity and professionalism, relatability and frequency. All these things can be classified as mental health sustainability or in short: good ways to help reduce an overwhelm in youth mental health. 

We hope you can gain something as big or as little to help brighten up your day and to simply talk about the way how you have been feeling lately.