Stop Romanticising my Diagnosis

Students in this group came up with a campaign, which was not an end in itself, but a message to change the terms of debate in which mental illness is discussed. They felt that images of depression in the media are romanticised, and that people are only engaging with the issue superficially.

They are campaigning for mental illness to be conveyed in realistic, concrete terms rather than vague, distorted and romanticised imagery, and created this poster.

The future aims of the campaign are to publicise their hashtag #morethan1picture further to get more people sharing personal stories, and increasing awareness of the realities.