#StillJustMe

#StillJustMe is an advocacy campaign works to break down stigma around mental health difficulties.

Eating disorders, depression and anxiety, schizophrenia and psychosis, and addiction are among the most poorly-understood and highly-stigmatised mental health difficulties, both in Ireland and across the globe. For anyone experiencing mental health challenges, stigma can be a barrier to seeking help.

#StillJustMe aims to change this.

#StillJustMe aims to show anyone who might be experiencing mental health difficulties that they are not alone: there are supports available and recovery is always possible.

As part of this campaign, a series of short films and blogs from mental health experts and those with lived experience of mental health difficulties shine a light on some of the most prevalent mental health issues facing Irish society.

Divided into four phases, each short film from #StillJustMe focuses on a different mental health issue and was launched to coincide with an international awareness day.

You can watch these films and read the pieces accompanying them all below.

Psychosis

Our #StillJustMe film focusing on psychosis launched to mark the birthday of Lucia Joyce, James Joyce’s daughter who experienced schizophrenia. Psychosis is a distressing difficulty in which thoughts and emotions make it hard to determine what is reality and what is not.

A diagnosis of schizophrenia - but still just me

Psychosis: the tsunami effect

Addiction

On International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, we launched our #StillJustMe series focusing on substance use disorders, stigma, and recovery. Recovery is possible, one step at a time, creating the opportunity to break free from the chains of that substance to a new version of you.