Releasing Ballons

Mercedes - Dad

My dad passed away on the 13th of October 2015, due to having coronary heart disease. After his funeral we released balloons in memory of him, we as a family also release balloons on special occasions. I find this a good coping mechanism as it is like you're letting your sadness go.

Jamie-lee - Friend

My friend passed away July the 13th 2015 due to being punched outside a club, and once he hit the floor he had a cardiac-arrest and passed away. A way of coping with this situation myself and a load of other people who knew him come together on certain days so his birthday we all released balloons and lit candles. However the place it happened we all placed flowers, items that symbolised him and candles to show respect and show him that we all care and being with friends it helped deal with this situation, as we was all dealing with grief.

 

Poster Inspirations

Above our a few of our poster inspirations, as you can see a lot of these posters are very informative and full of content. They are also colourful to  catch the audiences eye. 

Coping Strategies

These are methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations obtaining and maintaining good coping skills does take practice. 

Research - Coping Strategies

You are not alone: How we cope with mental illness?

This documentary is based on a range of different aged and gendered people who cope with mental illness in everyday.  Thedocumentary gives people reassurance and also help in ways to cope with illnesses they may have. This is a part of our research as people cope with different things in life, and has shown us how people deal  in other ways and what keeps them going.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35587664?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Collage of movies that we feel shows ways of coping strategies from adult movies to children animation movies. Each teaching its audience new ways of coping and dealing with similar situations. 

Research - Coping Strategies

10 Stress Busters

•    Exercise
•    Be active
•    Take control
•    Connect with people
•    Have some 'me time'
•   Challenge yourself
•   Help others
•   Try to be positive

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/pages/reduce-stress.aspx

Coping strategies that we know work to deal with difficult and daily situation that are faced throughout life and by people, this will be researched more personally when we create our questionnaire and publish it to a wide variety to people.