Comic Relief support Time to Change film shown on Red nose day 2009

[PrincessRodeoFan]

I love that this has come to Australia.

It's about time!

[ThePlanetchild]

off topic i know but that little kid is so sweet :)

[AriLiv1]

that part that the woman said is so powerful "the only person i've ever harmed is myself" i have a mental illness and i am so terrified people will see my arm (all the cuts, bruises, scars) that if someone even so much as comes near that arm i feel physically sick. i wish it was easier to talk about.

[faithoffaith]

Please keep this up!

[kateiwob]

Beautiful Vid. xx

[Hollyoaksmad1]

I love this video I keep sharing it on facebook, I just hope it's doing some good. I've also recieved a pack off them and I'm hoping to use it when I go to university to study mental health nursing. I have suffered from extreme depression last year and now i'm going to university this shows that people can live a normal life after having mental health problems. If it wasn't for the early intervention team I really don't think i'd be here writing this today..

[falltonight]

It's right sometimes it is too much bear.

People don't understand. Depression makes them scared.

Thank you for uploading. We need to end the sigtma.

[5headh]

'Whyy? Why would that make any differance? I'm pretty sure we dont eat babies

[faithoffaith]

For people who havent expirenced mental health problems its hard for them to understand because they dont know what its like...it can seem really difficult to think how is it an illness? when you cant see it and they are like snap out of it but if you say its going on inside my brain its like having diabetes or a cold...the illness flares up or it can be chronic.

[newhope01]

this video should be showen everyday on t.v. mental health needs to be understood more. like the lady said in the video the only person i hurt is myself,

i am me, but i also have mental health problems.

[hsttraindriver]

The lady who finishes the piece is called Sue Kennedy. If you want to know more about her life, read Explaining colours to a blind man. Not only will it enlighten many as to what living with a mental illness is like, it also gives comfort to those sufferers who think there is no hope and that they are alone. It is very informative, sometimes shocking but also very funny in parts. All in all, a good read and highly recommended.

[GreekSong]

This is the most surreal thing I have ever seen! It's a very eye opening non-stigmatizing portrayal of mental illness.

...And then appears the caricature

of a mental patient at 1.20:

'people talk to me errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­r they're waving their finger at me 'you're a barn pot'

Come again?

Oh, 'Barn pot'. Right. Of course.

[EasierToFallBehind]

I believe he says 'barmpot', which is slang in certain parts of the North for someone who's a bit daft or eccentric.

So it's not quite as silly as it seems at first. ;)

[natalyone]

This is great!

But why one off?

It should be aired on TV everyday.

This is real food for thought...

[GeoffAlcock]

This is brilliant.

We live with stigma and it is truly horrible.

Even worse our own internal stigma can

be miserably isolating.

Congratulations to the mental health advocates in UK who had this happen.

We are doing what we can in Canada, and we are inspired by the video.