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[online] Available at: https://medlineplus.gov/mentaldisorders.html [Accessed 1 Nov. 2016]. 43  Mind.org.uk. (2016). Types of mental health problems | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems. [online] Available at: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/ [Accessed 1 Nov. 2016]. 44  Mental Health Association in Forsyth County. (2016). What is Mental Illness? - Mental Health Association in Forsyth County. [online] Available at: http://www.triadmentalhealth.org/what-is-mental-illness/ [Accessed 1 Nov. 2016]. 45  WebMD. (2016). Causes of Mental Illness. [online] Available at: http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-health-causes-mental-illness [Accessed 1 Nov. 2016]. 46  disinformation. (2016). Generation X Parents, What Have You Done to Our Millennials?. [online] Available at: http://disinfo.com/2016/02/what-have-you-done-to-our-millennials/ [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 47  The Huffington Post. (2016). 8 Habits That Make Millennials Stressed, Anxious and Unproductive. [online] Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caroline-beaton/8-habits-millennials-stressed-anxious-unproductive_b_10035758.html [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 48  Heck, L. (2016). A generation on edge: A look at millennials and mental health. [online] Vox Magazine. Available at: http://www.voxmagazine.com/news/features/a-generation-on-edge-a-look-at-millennials-and-mental/article_533c1384-fe5b-5321-84ae-8070ec158f17.html [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 49  Moods Magazine Blog. (2016). Are Millennials Really the Most Mentally Ill Generation? - Moods Magazine Blog. [online] Available at: http://www.moodsmag.com/blog/millennials-really-mentally-ill-generation/ [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 50  Ulifeline.org. (2016). Anxiety vs. Anxiety Disorders - ULifeline. [online] Available at: http://www.ulifeline.org/articles/439-anxiety-vs-anxiety-disorders [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 51  Calmclinic.com. (2016). How Anxiety and Smell Are Related. [online] Available at: http://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/signs/smell [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 52  The Huffington Post. (2016). [online] Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-walker-baron/mental-illness-stigma_b_1301514.html [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 53  The Huffington Post. (2016). A Hidden Tragedy: Mental Illness and Suicide Among Asian Americans. [online] Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-lam/a-hidden-tragedy-mental-i_b_5359924.html [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 54  Uniteforsight.org. (2016). Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health. [online] Available at: http://www.uniteforsight.org/mental-health/module7 [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016]. 55  Newsweek. (2016). Mental Illness May Go Untreated in Asian-Americans. [online] Available at: http://europe.newsweek.com/mental-illness-may-go-untreated-asian-americans-87613?rm=eu [Accessed 6 Dec. 2016].

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Experimentation

We needed to experiment on mirror angles, as part of initial our concept was to have user’s own faces staring back at them.

So we made a mockup and tested it by pasting the mirror film, in a way such that it will reflect back their faces.

The good thing about this combination is that the mirror reflections were not as fragmented, and actually did manage to reflect, with some accuracy, the user’s faces when they peek into the hole.

However, it didn’t work too well in the actual artefact.

Because acrylic was too heavy and above our budget, we were not able to use it even though that would have been our number 1 choice.

Thus we decided to experiment and try out something. Pasting reflective film on wood! When we first asked the lady selling the reflective film whether she thought it would work, she just looked at us like we were stupid and said that “usually people only use it on glass or acrylic.”

We are not in experimental track for nothing so, we decided to test it out. The above pics were our first attempt at painting the wood in glossy paint, hoping it will be smooth afterward.

Never were we so wrong. Instead of becoming glossy and shiny, the wood became even more rough and textured. So we tried again...

With some more advice, we decided to get undercoat and painted it before using glossy wood, and in between each layer, sand the wood thoroughly.

This turned out to be way better than before, and knowing that it can become even smoother and glossier, we set about the task of doing more coats of undercoat and glossy paint, and sanding each layer.

We now had the problem of whether the reflective film will stick to the somewhat porous wood with just water. So we tested it out with water glue and water separately, and turns out, the difference isn’t very big. Thus, we decided to use water to paste the film.

We initially wanted to use calming bottles as a sensory calming factor for Users to touch and feel, but realised that it would just become a distraction. Thus we scrap the idea even though the calming bottles looked beautiful.

We wanted more gloss for our wood, and thus went on to buy the Pylox Clear Spray, but upon spraying some of the wood pieces, realised that not only did it not gloss the wood, it made it less glossy. Turns out it was expired... 

However, it seemed to work out for some of the wood as we were using projector in our artefact, and the wood directly being projected cannot be too glossy or it will have too much reflected light into the users’ eyes.

As shown in the pics, the reflective film stuck on just fine. However, now the reflection is kind of distorted and subdued and it doesn't reflect all the details.

After some thought, we decided that it still shows the essence of reflecting on your life, and yourself, so we didn’t change it.

The lights were added to represent healing and positivity, as well as emitting calmness.

The cracks in the hexagon form is the broken part of having Social Anxiety, but the lights show that healing is possible , and to seal up the cracks with positivity.

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Survey Results

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Liberation  ;  Segregation  ;  Contribution 

Our 3 ideas stem around the solution of helping get people with Social Anxiety feel better, whether helping them get back on their feet, or helping them find a community that accepts them. For the most part, helping them face their fears of social situations, introducing positive thinking and getting them to share their stories through less anxiety-riddled ways, and reaching out to others with the same condition, providing mutual support and comfort.

Liberation

lib·er·a·tion ; - the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. - freedom from limits on thought or behaviour.

Freedom from fear. Rebellion against anxiety. This idea focuses on standing up to the fear, and facing the anxiety. Confront the situations that make you anxious. Look at strangers in the eye. Say “Hi!” to 10 strangers a day. Actively participate in social activities, like parties, a company dinner, etc. By standing up to your anxiety, you are taking control of your life. You decide things around here, not your anxiety. Slowly, you will get used to it, and you won’t feel like it’s suppressing you as much.

Segregation

seg·re·ga·tion ; – the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. Building a community. Finding like-minded friends.

This idea is more focused on finding people like you, instead of trying so hard to fit into a world where you actually stand out. And the thing is, both solutions are fine. Perhaps you feel constantly judged by the people around you, and it’s too much for you to handle. Finding like-minded individuals will surely lessen the anxiety, because you know they are going through the same thing. They will understand you better than your non-anxious friends can, and that will make you feel less lonely. Also, you can socialise with socially anxious people easier, and with less anxiety, and that will also improve your social skills. With Social Anxiety being so prevalent in the world, it isn’t hard to find someone with similar issues as you.

Contribution *

con·tri·bu·tion ; - a gift or payment to a common fund or collection. - the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance. - an article or other piece of writing submitted for publication in a collection.

Sharing your story. Courage to contribute. This idea will be focusing on sharing your story, the adversity you faced, the mountains you climbed to get over your anxiety. And by sharing stories, it will bring hope to others suffering the same issues. It will bring to light that others have this condition too, and you are not alone. People can find comfort in your anonymous, or non-anonymous piece of contribution, and take heart that it can be better, if it is a ‘success’ story. If it is a ‘I’m still struggling’ story, you can help each other, and get better together. The difference between this idea and Segregation is the fact that one is about community, and actively finding people that are like you, and this is more about telling your stories so people can have hope and also staying anonymous while doing so, if you wish to be. It takes a special kind of courage, especially for a socially anxious person, to tell their tale, but they will give other people courage too. Giving is always more rewarding than receiving. People at the receiving end of this gift can also take in the advice, tips and tricks that the storyteller gives. Use your own journey as a means to help others on theirs. Be inspiring.

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Proposal

Social Anxiety is the fear of social situations that involve interaction with other people, stemming from perceived negative judgements by others. Believe it or not, more people, than diagnosed, are actually suffering from Social Anxiety, and not all of them have outwardly obvious symptoms, but inside, are suffering the same.

Social Anxiety is very real, and shouldn’t be dismissed. It might not cut you down in one stroke, but it can deal damage with a million paper cuts. Social Anxiety can be particularly relatable since it takes 3rd place for most common mental illness in the world today. Unfortunately, our society has a tendency to ostracise the weird and people who don’t fit the mould. That makes people with mental health issues seek solitude instead, to avoid the anxiety and fear, thus causing even more harm to their mental health and social skills. It is a vicious cycle.

Opportunities

When left untreated, Social Anxiety can lead to a myriad of issues. For example, it can easily lead to depression, when their self-worth is questioned. Feeling anxious and avoiding social situations that others can easily attend, can make them feel like there’s ‘something wrong’ with them. Physical symptoms, like shaking and blushing before and during every presentation can lead to feelings of inferiority, and the fear of displaying their flaws for all to see. Worse, when people don’t understand their anxiety, and gossip about their social awkwardness, they lose confidence in themselves, self-doubt creeps in, and they turn to solitude for relief. They start to avoid situations where they would have to face another human being, for fear of being judged and talked about. Quality of life decreases, and so does their social skills, making them look more awkward in front of others. Life becomes less meaningful, and negative thoughts fill their heads. They lose interests in the things that they used to be passionate about before. In a sense, they have lost their freedom, they are trapped in the grip of anxiety, trapped by their own fear. Their comfort zones have shrunk to next to nothing, just a spot, and they cannot leave.

Insights

Humans are naturally social animals, and in solitude, especially for long periods of time, can do real harm, and cause multitude of mental problems. But society has a tendency to ostracise the weird and people who don’t fit the mould, thereby making people with mental health issues seek solitude, and thus causing even more harm. However, things are slowly starting to change, and mental health is slowly, but surely, becoming more noticed and treated. Even though the stigma around mental health is still present, it was better than what it used to be, and can become even better, until hopefully, one day, it will be gone, when people come to terms with the fact that mental illness is the same as illnesses that ails the body. Social Anxiety might be triggered by an individual’s judgemental comments, leading people to think that everyone is as judgmental as this fellow, when it actually isn’t. Life events, especially those happening when we were young, can influence a person’s confidence, and decide whether they will end up with Social Anxiety or not. People all just want to fit in, because when you don’t, you are “kicked out” by society, which can make you feel lonely, and depressed.

Our objective is to reveal the reality of Social Anxiety and the importance of treating it.

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Introduction

Social Anxiety is the fear of social situations that involve interaction with other people, stemming from perceived negative judgements by others.

Anxiety is a very normal human response or feeling to stress and/or danger.

But when it gets out of control and becomes excessive and frequent, it becomes a disorder.

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Consultation & Lesson Notes

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Week 18

Final Presentation

Things we need to do today:

Check if everything is good to go

Be confident and present our work

Just like normal human being, we are worried about our presentation and hoping that everything going smooth. and easy. So we checked our artefact if everything is good to show and we set up everything up and then we start practicing our presentation.

We presented our Initial and Final concept of our artefact, the amendments, the failures and also the successful ones that we used on our artefact. 

Final Concept 

To show people that having Social Anxiety doesn’t mean that there will be a bad ending. It is important to know the importance of letting yourself be happy, and free of the things that burden or hurt you, because you deserve it. And by showing it with a real story. A story about how things can get better.

With our new concept, we named our artefact “The Chrysalis”.

Chrysalis means a transitional state. Change is happening. We hope that whoever enters our artefact with their current mindset, will emerge from it with new knowledge and understanding.

Final Sensory Integration:

For sight: the reflection of lights and colors in the mirrors, the bright flashing lights  & Social Anxiety story that will be playing inside the sphere.

For hearing: A girl telling a story about her experience on social anxiety and how she get through it.

For smell: slight lavender scent that is researched to be calming to people.

Final look and feel

We are using warm and dark color, such as warm orange for the lights instead of stark white so that it makes people feel calm, and black & white cause we want neutral colors that won’t trigger anxiety.

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Week 17

Production - Building Our Artefact

Things that we need to do today:

Get the remaining hinges

Build our Artefact

Paint the outer part of our sphere

Get fairylights

Get wireframe

After a discussion on what can we do to make our artefact look less dull and approachable we decided to paint white on the outer part of our sphere and installed a fairy light around the edges of the shapes. As we are getting the hinges, we went to get the fairy lights as well and also wireframe to place on the podium to secure our macbook.

After getting all the materials that we needed, finally we went back to school and finish up everything within one day. Our sphere is out, fairy lights is on, and there we have our sphere, good for the show.

We tested everything that we want to show on the sphere. ( video + fairy lights) and everything is good to show. we only left with case film and final refining + final touch up on the artefact besides that, we have nothing left. So as Skylar is good at filming so she will be the one doing the case film while mirna just wait for her to pass the case film over to test out on the projector. And she did pretty well done on the case film which is what mirna is proud of, (btw this is mirna’s word)

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Week 16

Production - Build our Artefact 

Things that we need to get:

Wood ( provided by school )

Acrylic

Reflective Films

Hinges

Paint

Buttons

Things that we need to do today:

Get Reflective Film

Paste Reflective Film

Drill Holes

Built our sphere (Atleast Half)

So, we went back to Skytech to get the exact amount that we need for reflective film and we went to Sim Lim Square to get the buttons of the seat and we rush back to Clementi Hardware Store to get hinges. And after we get whatever that we need, we rushed back to school and continue with the things that we are left to do. So the first thing we did was pasting the reflective film on the wood on every single piece and then we drill holes and start to put on the hinges and we managed to build the shapes out, we wanted to finish building the artefact by today but sadly we are short of screw. And it’s already late at night and we have no choice but to continue tomorrow, but at least we have half of the shape done.

So now, we are left with Video + Casefilm and testing out the projection. When we get back home, we split our work whereby Skylar did the video as she is good at it and she send over the file for Mirna to test on the projector if it’s working. And everything went well, as for the video and projection.

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Week 14

Production - Filming

Things that we need to do today:

Film all scenes within a day

As we can’t get in the workshop to get our things done, we planned to just do filming for today and edit them when we are done with our artefact. So at least we don’t have to rush on the filming, as the video is the most important part for our artefact. So we [planned everything out and get our list of scenes that we need to take. And thankfully everything went smooth and very well , thanks to our casting, as they play a part in our role and did a good job for that. Without them, our video ain’t going to make it.

So we are done with video and now back to building our artefact.

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Week 15

Production - Build our Artefact

Things that we need to get:

Wood ( provided by school )

Acrylic

Reflective Films

Hinges

Paint

Buttons

Things that we need to do today:

Try out the Reflective Films.

Orientation & Workshop Quiz

Laser Cut

Undercoat every wood

By hook or by crook, we really need to get our shapes out by today as we are running out of time. We haven’t even have anything done yet. We are all set to do everything that we need to but its either the shop is closed or the workshop is closed out of all days, they just had to be closed on the important day. So we are hoping that today everything going to be good of for us, as we really do not have much time left.

So, like finally we could use the laser cut workshop, so we rushed to the workshop and get our 32 pieces of wood cut into hexagon and pentagon. we took roughly about 45 minutes we get our shapes out, and so we move on to paint the undercoat. Okay, this is the most tiring part. There are steps to follow in order to get the right effect on our wood. And if we screw one shape we got to do extra work, so we did it carefully and wisely.

These are the steps:

Step 1: Sand the wood with Fine Sand Paper

Step 2: Paint the first layer of undercoat paint

Step 3: Let it dry for 30 mins or more

Step 4: After the paint is dried, sand it again.

Step 5: After you sand the wood, paint another layer of undercoat paint

Step 6: Let it dry for 30 mins or more

Step7: Sand the wood

Step 8: Paint the first layer of black paint

Step 9: Let it dry for a day (oil-based paint)

Step 10: Sand the wood

Step 11: Paint the second layer of black paint

Step 12: Let it dry for a day.

*Apply every step on 32 pieces of wood.*