Story Room
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Stories of people’s experiences have an additional human interest factor, because for so long stigma has maintained a strong silence around having mental illness, and personal stories have historically not been told, even within families. These stories are told, created and produced by MIEACT volunteers and are presented here in a variety of mediums: short film, radio shows and written accounts.
Opening Minds
Opening Minds is MIEACT’s own radio program – devised, run and operated by a team of Volunteers, the show features on community radio 2XX 98.3FM every Tuesday night from 6:00pm-6:30pm. Listen or download archived shows...
Moving Minds
Between 2009 and 2012, MIEACT volunteers, drawing from their own life stories, wrote and produced their own 2-3 minute short films with remarkable results. The collection includes tales of homelessness, road-trips to beyond, visits from the green man and the quandary of being sane by choosing to live between the lines of 'normal’. Watch collection of short films...
Read about it
After thinking her parents are aliens, Natalie found herself with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Read how Natalie, her mum and sister deal with this unexpected visitor - mental illness. These stories at MIEACT’s youth site www.realitycheck.net.au
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breaking the silence
that has surrounded
my experience of mental illness
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