This documentary covers the life of Caroline Flack and her rise to fame, and explores the circumstances that led to her death, as her friends and family talk candidly as they come to terms with their loss.
While this documentary does not directly relate to the target audience I am aiming my project at, it does discuss some of the causes that led to Caroline Flack taking her own life. Within the documentary, many of Caroline Flack’s friends and family talk about how she often would hid her feelings and not discuss with them how she was feeling. They also mention how she was addicted to social media, and so she would often read through the numerous hate comments that she was reading online and never discuss how that made her feel with any of her fiends or family. As shown in my previously mental health posts, keeping feelings bottled up and not discussing them with others often leads to more intense feelings of loneliness and isolation.
The documentary also discussed how she never wanted anyone to know that she experienced these low moments within her life, which may be the reason she never opened up to anyone or sought any help. This leads into the idea about mental health still being stigmatised within todays society and that we need to tackle this issues so that hopefully less people will feel ashamed about suffering from mental health issues and will seek the appropriate help that they need.
What I have learnt
The main elements that I have taken away from this documentary is that when it comes to mental health, some of the main issues that stop people from seeking help and attempting to take there life is;
- Stigma
- Keeping feelings hidden
- Not talking to anyone
- Social media
This suggests that it will be important to try and tackle some if these issues through my mental health animations. Because my animations will be to help educate young children about what mental health is, hopefully I will be able to help reduce the stigma around it. I am also planning on talking about how to maintain good mental health, which will hopefully tackle the issue of people keeping their feelings hidden and not seeking help when they need it.
Bibliography
Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death (2021) [Television]. Channel 4. 17 March 2021.