Planning; Research on psychological harm

Due to the sensitive nature of my music video's narrative, it is important that the idea of potential psychological harm is addressed. It is crucial that I try to reduce the effects of psychological harm within the actors and audience as much as possible, because as it is known many forms of media have a way of staying with us, enabling us not to forget what we have seen. In order to try and reduce these effects graphic imagery will be kept to a minimum, with subtle ways of implying that the main character has killed herself. Furthermore this narrative could relate to some individuals on a personal level, for example someone who has had a relative commit suicide of has had a parent prevent them from having a abortion may be psychologically effected by the contents of this music video in a way that could have a prolonging psychological involvement. This can be hard to control or combat, due to the fact that anyone could relate personally to almost anything, therefore this issue will have to be dealt with in a very delicate manor.
Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event. Trauma is often the result of an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds one's ability to cope, or integrate the emotions involved with that experience. A traumatic event involves one's experience, or repeating events of being overwhelmed that can be precipitated in weeks, years, or even decades as the person struggles to cope with the immediate circumstances, eventually leading to serious, long-term negative consequences.
However, trauma differs between individuals, according to their subjective experiences. People will react to similar events differently. In other words, not all people who experience a potentially traumatic event will actually become psychologically traumatised. However, it is possible to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being exposed to a potentially traumatic event. This discrepancy in risk rate can be attributed to protective factors, some individuals may have that enable them to cope with trauma; they are related to temperamental and environmental factors. Some examples are mild exposure to stress early in life, resilience characteristics, and active seeking of help.

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