Mental Illness In Group Groups

In our group activity we discussed mental illness. The hardest part of this challenge for some group member was that they had never seen or been around a person with a mental illness. The easiest part of this challenge for all the group members was sharing their feelings and thoughts about people with mental illness.

During this activity, group members acted respectful and interested with other views of people with mental illness. During this activity I acted extremely fascinated by others opinions and feeling about people with mental illness. Throughout this activity we told each other our opinion on people with mental illness. We discussed topics such as; What do mental ill people have in common, What should happen if someone with a mental illness commits a crime, and how we feel may feel in the presence of someone with a mental illness. During this activity I told group members how I enjoy being in the presence of people with mental illness. I also told them that I feel fortunate to be in the presence of some with mental illness because I have been known to work well and have the patience to be around someone with a mental illness. During this activity I believe I emerged as the group leader. I was the only group member who to the initiative to start the group activity. …show more content…
Likewise, the group members acted supportive and respectful toward my opinions and ideas. During this group session something that I am proud of is how honest and open group members were to share the feelings and opinions of people with mental illness. On the contrary, something that I am least happy about this group session is that many group members said that they would feel scared to be around some with a