We all will face mental health challenges in our lifetimes, to varying degrees, directly and indirectly, but with certainty. The Unfixed Mind chronicles the real-life stories of individuals living with mental health conditions, capturing the humanity and complexity of navigating such diagnoses in today’s world.
In 2023 Unfixed Media and Health Story Collaborative, created a four-part, limited series, The Unfixed Mind: Navigating Mental Health Today, chronicling the real-life stories of six people living with mental health conditions. The mini-series aimed to provide these individuals an opportunity to authentically share their experiences and capture the humanity and genuine complexity of navigating mental illness in today’s world. How are their lives affected beyond just symptom management? What have they learned that they can teach all of us? How are their experiences the same and different across a spectrum of mental health diagnoses and compared to individuals living with other chronic health conditions? Ultimately, the project aimed to increase awareness and tolerance and decrease stigma among audience members. The stories shared are relevant to all of us, as we will all face mental health challenges in our lifetimes, to varying degrees, directly and indirectly, but with certainty.
click on the YouTube players below to watch or join the premiere of each episode!
Episode 1: Living with Mental Health Challenges
Episode 3: Relationships and Mental Health
Episode 2: Facing and Transforming Stigma
Episode 4: Facing Tomorrow
This production is made possible through the generous assistance from the HealtheVoices 2023 Impact Fund and the Community Reinvestment Grant of Suffolk County DA.
producers: Unfixed and Health Story Collaborative
directors: Kimberly Warner and Annie Brewster
editor: Michael Wolcott
graphics: David McLaughlin
addl. camera: Melissa Bender
