Antisocial Personality Disorder & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Project - Health - Hurumanu

In health, we have finished the topic of "Discovery" we had choices which kind of discovery we can make a presentation about, this presentation is important because it is an assessment. I worked with 2 people in this project, Shiela and Rieya. We were given options of how we can do our assessment to show our learning; a documentary, art, song, poster, etc. 

Firstly, we had to plan out how we are going to present our chosen topic and how we are going to include those answer to our 5 big questions. We brainstormed different ideas of our own and also told the members in our group our opinions such as pros and cons. 

After deciding on a presentation, we have decided to create a film, showing the symptoms and causes of having ASPD.  

Roles:

• Skyler (me) as Scarlette Vasquez - The psychopath 
• Shiela as Ms Alliano - The police and therapist/psychiatrist 
• Rieya as Rachael Norris - Amateur News Reporter 

(I did the editing at home)

5 Big Questions & Answers: 

Why is ASPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder) Harmful? ASPD has negative effects not only on the individual but also on their family and friends. You can hurt or kill other people if you are experiencing this disease. ASPD can also lead them to do things like smoking, using drugs or being addicted to alcohol. The person who has ASPD also has a higher risk of physical health problems than others. These people also don’t like to talk to others, even their family/friends, some of them are less likely to have friends.

When should you ask for help? You should seek help immediately because if you wait longer then the symptoms will get worse and it may become dangerous for the people around you and for yourself. 

How do you know when you have ASPD? The symptoms of ASPD are disregarding for the right and wrong, persistent lying, being disrespectful of others, using one's vulnerability to manipulate others, extremely opinionated, breaking laws, violating the rights of others, impulsiveness, hostility, lack of empathy, poor and abusive relationship with others, failure to identify the consequences, being irresponsible, aggression towards people and animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness, theft, violation of rules. 

How does society affect a person's brain before having ASPD? Genetic and environmental factors such as abuse are believed to contribute to the development of ASPD. If abuse is continued more than 3 months (long term) then there is a risk that the person being abused will have aspd even though the symptoms may not show. But if it’s stopped or prevented before 3 months then the person that’s being abused can still recover from it.

How is it passed down from generation to generation? ASPD is not inherited but it can be passed down if you are abusive to a relationship and acting out on the symptoms of the disorder to a person, most especially a young family member. 

Strategies to help people with ASPD

Strategies	What the strategies are	What areas of wellbeing the strategy will improve and how	Short term and/or long term
Strategy 1	I will try to communicate with other people especially with my friends/family.	Taha Whanau because you will have good communication with them and they can help you to improve yourself. Taha Hinengaro because you will feel better by talking and telling them the things that you were worried about.	LT
Strategy 2	I will go seek help from an adult or someone I trust.	Taha whanau because it means that you are building more connection and trust with the person you told you had ASPD on.	ST
Strategy 3	I will go to the doctor or a psychologist	Taha Hinengaro because they are the people who can help me the most with my condition and it will improve my mental and emotional health especially when the symptoms are not severe yet. It will give me reassurance.   Taha Tinana because when my mental and emotional health have improved it will also improve my physical because it will prevent me from harming anyone nor myself and it might even inspire me to have a healthy body and wellbeing.  Taha Wairua because my values and beliefs will get stronger especially if I believe in God. My devotion to God will enhance.  Taha whanau because it will help me build a much stronger and deeper connection with my relationship with others.	LT

We didn't really have a hard time or found anything difficult but of course, we did struggle on the filming part because we're not really experts with films or professionally good so we had a few giggles. But we, as a group, are able to manage ourselves; be serious and mature. After all that hard work and large amount of effort, we have finally finished the film. For some reason, it won't upload here on my blog but here is the link (Click)