RationaleMental health is a growing science that affects over one quarter of the population in some way. As someone that has suffered personally with my own mental health, I feel like there is not enough education on certain mental health conditions. Mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression are more widely known to the public, but there are conditions like borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder that are not widely known and have current stereotypes which are not completely true. For example, people with BPD are labelled as being manipulative, people with OCD are labelled as being clean freaks and people with PTSD must be people that have been to the war. This is something which I would love to develop further in this project to raise factual awareness of mental health conditions in a visual form, photography. Project ConceptIn this project, my aim is to raise factual awareness of mental health conditions such as BPD, OCD, and PTSD. Due to the public’s misconceptions around mental illness, some people are labelled as being negative things which they are not. Yes, these people have illnesses that change their behaviours in comparison to someone that does not have any mental health conditions, but it does not mean that they are any less human. Those with mental health conditions have feelings too. Those with mental health conditions have been through a tough time throughout their own journeys so why as a population are we making it even harder for them to not live but survive? During this final major project, I will be collecting research from different ranges of sources and providing myself with a wide range of inspirations to ensure that my outcome will meet the aim of this project. Evaluation MethodsThroughout my final major project, I will ensure that I am reflecting on all my work each week. I will do this using my Weebly by ensuring that I post onto my blog every week and reflecting on how this week has gone. In addition to self-reflection, I will be receiving feedback from my peers, the older generation, my tutors, and family members to ensure that I am keeping on track of what I need to be doing in the correct period. In addition to this, I will be ensuring that I am keeping up to date with my planner to ensure that I will be doing the correct thing at the correct time. I will ensure that I reflect on my project proposal each week. Exhibition OutcomesAs part of my own knowledge, I will be ensuring that I present my work in a visually appealing manner at the college exhibition. To do this, if I need to make stands for my photographs, I will ensure that I make these using the college’s laser cutter.
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