NFB plays my documentary in event

i guess this is kinda boc related right guys?

so it's kind of a well known fact i was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the illness is being treated and controlled by medications...

well, just a couple months ago i had a wonderful oppertunity to work with a couple of independent filmmakers and a cluster of recovering patients with similar mental illness history to myself. so yeah, we made a short film about early pyschosis, aiming it at teens i guess you could call it early psychosis awareness. this film is going to be distributed to high school's across british columbia

... it was finished in a months time and everyone who was involved had say and control over many aspects of it,,, i was actually surprised at how much shit that i was throwing out there that my peers and superiors were like, yeah, we can use that , we like that.

basically i'm pretty happy with the final results. it does look a bit amateurish. the best bit is is that they used my music in it. ret and lillielok...... classics ;) and flown... a somewhat newish track(?). they also used a bunch of my black and white and sepia toned photography which i am very proud of

i am so proud to have been a part of this project but even more proud to hear that the national film board of canada played our documentary along with a couple other indie docs in a small event. now THAT is recognition

party!

where is the media, and when did you find out you were schizophrenic?

could I see it?

theo: i found out i was schizophrenic about 5 years ago

jon: i never would have guessed i had a mental illness when i was going through it for the first time.... it being intense feelings.... feeling of mania, feelings of grandeur, feeling high without drugs... feeling "enlightened". but soon all good things come to an end and these strong feelings then turned to paranoia and delusions...

i guess this is what is great about this film is that it will help people help themselves people they know.

basically, i didn't help myself in the first place, it was people around me that noticed my health declining, my social life becoming less and less and me acting different in general.

achrival:

i thought about burning some dvds and then sending them but er i really can't afford the shipping rates and such. i know people in charge would probably not really want me to youtube this but whose to know it was me. it's not that they'll lose money...

..... ok , i'm really considering the youtube thing now but i don't have the proper equipment to do that. i'll grave dig this thread when the video is up.... savvy?:

Thats some achievement yek, could be the start of bigger things - must be good to know you're doing something that might have a real and positive effect on youngsters, I take my hat off.

That sounds like a really interesting project. Props.

i'd like to see it too...

it will be posted soon. just has to get the stamp of approval from all of the members which i'm sure will happen :)

great :D looking forward to it

Hey Yek, did the schizophrenia have anything to do with your disappearing recently?

Also, how do you cope with it, medication or what?

nice man! i still have those tracks

is funk a cure?

  Vytryol said:

Hey Yek, did the schizophrenia have anything to do with your disappearing recently?

Also, how do you cope with it, medication or what?

ah yeah, pretty much. i 'm at a group home right now without internet access, before i was in my own appartment.... sigh

i cope with the illness by basically taking the meds i'm told to take. as easy as that. and also of course to stay away from drugs.... when i take drugs all my symptoms come back in full force; except for alcohol! i still enjoy my drink

didnt see this thread due to it being subforumed but well done yek and welcome back.