My project is looking at the role of interactive and experimental narratives on mental health literacy and self-concept. I believe changing the ways we engage with a story can change the ways the story and its lessons, characters, insights, emotions, etc. engage with us.
I am most concerned with the inaccessibility of mental health care. So much of the language around diagnosing and symptomology is coded so that recognition of symptoms as they live in our bodies becomes harder and harder. It is not only systems and language that occlude this knowledge, but stigma perpetuated by ignorance that deters too many from seeking appropriate care.