FRAGMENTS - Journeys from Isolation to Connection I feel like I\'m a piece, a fragment that\'s missing all the good bits, but I don\'t know where to find the rest ...
Essential reading for high school ..
A powerful and timely mental health resource for young people and their families.
The publication includes a comprehensive Study Guide , detailing activities and curriculum links for English, Drama/Arts, Health & PE, Civics and more.
It is my hope that the work will find its way into schools in Australia and overseas.
It\'s only when we speak openly about mental health issues - without fear or judgment - that we can chip away at the stigma that prevents many people from seeking help.
I wrote Fragments to start a conversation .
So much of adolescent life is spent looking inwards that it\'s perhaps not surprising that mental health issues are often internalised.
Fragments embodies the theme that stress at home, at school and in life is challenging young people beyond their usual coping abilities, leaving them disenfranchised and vulnerable.
from the Playwright: Rarely presenting as neat packages, mental health issues often involve feelings and behaviours with jagged edges and blurred origins.
Although set in Australia, their stories could take place anywhere.
Their stories encompass anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, gender dysphoria, social media, bullying, family dysfunction, cross-cultural diversity and more, culminating in a sense of hope .
The action of Fragments takes place in the minds and hearts of an ordinary group of young people.
Through eight imagined stories, Fragments moves from a place of disConnection to connectedness .
So hard, they don\'t see their friends are struggling, too.
Every single day they, and others, are working hard to keep it together.
The boy challenged by communication.
The young teen obsessed with social media.
The high achiever who\'s suddenly so intense.
The bubbly girl who keeps telling you she\'s okay.
Perhaps you know them. (Lexy, age 17) Eight young people navigating high school and beyond, each struggling to hold on - to family, to friends, to a piece of themselves.
I bet they wouldn\'t fit anyway. the parts I need to work properly.
FRAGMENTS - Journeys from Isolation to Connection I feel like I\'m a piece, a fragment that\'s missing all the good bits, but I don\'t know where to find the rest ..
