Directions:
Watch the following Tedx Talk, featuring college student Jack Park. In this talk, Jack shares his story of living with a mental disorder and revisits some of the ways he found help and hope.
He makes the case for seeing mental illness in a new light, so that people can begin to address some of the issues associated with suicide, depression, and other preventable mental disorders.
In this Reflection writing address the following questions:
What do you think of Jack’s practice of changing his “to-do” lists into “want-to-do” lists?
What does he hope to gain from this shift?
Which coping mechanisms does Jack observe his fellow students using to deal with stress and mental health challenges?
What does Jack think is the deeper problem?
Why, in Jack’s view, is it hard for people to get help for mental health problems in the same way they might seek help for dental problems?