**NEW Therapy/Mental Illness Movie on TV Tom. 4/20**

FYI: I just wanted to let you guys know that tomorrow night, Saturday, April 20, in the US, there is a movie on Lifetime in the evening involving mental illnesses and psychotherapy. It's called Call Me Crazy: A Five Film. It says, "A psychotherapist helps a law school student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness--featuring: Jennifer Hudson, Octavia Spencer, Melissa Leo, Brittany Snow." I have it set to DVR, and I thought that some of you on here might be interested in it too. I have no idea if it will be good, but it looks interesting....

Here is the link to the page with a preview and info: Call Me Crazy: A Five Film - Official Movie Site - myLifetime.com

From what I can tell, there are five people struggling with different mental illnesses, and the film is five short films, actually. They have PTSD, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, and it doesn't say what the fifth person is dealing with. It could be triggering for some, I imagine. So, watch it with care.

Anyway, I'll be watching! Have a great weekend!

Thanks for this content, it looks really good.

My T told me about this last night. A family member of hers did the PTSD part. She went to the film festival over the weekend.

Wow! Neat!

I hope they show it in the UK also !

Is this online anywhere? I don't have cable.

Not yet...sorry. The tv premier is tomorrow, but maybe they will put it online sometime? Maybe you have a friend or family member who could record it for you...or someone who you could watch it with that has cable?

I cant find anything online that points to it being based on true stories and since lifetime does both fictional and non fiction movies, and it does look interesting, Im going to watch it but also keep in mind there may be some things in it that are portrayed in a non fictional way.

thanks for the link and the heads up on the movie.

Thanks for the info on this! Will see if I can get my tv working.

Thanks! I wasn't sure what I was going to do tomorrow night but now I know..sounds interesting!

Well, they are promoting it as a "world" premiere! Haha!

I have it scheduled to record, but I'm sure it will be triggering. The tv info says it focuses "on challenges facing families" on dealing with mental illness. My family doesn't know, so they don't have to deal. It's just me.

Oh shame I can´t watch that! Hopefully it will be online some day.

Anne Heche chronicles stories of pain and redemption, hurt and healing. The memoir — Call Me Crazy — comes from an actress whose private life and personal choices have made her a household name .

Interesting timing . Isn't this government pointing a finger at mental illness as a contributing factor to gun violence at this very moment ? Yes they are . This is what society says to people who say ,* What the hell is going on in this world* . If it was true to the point , there would be in this film the addressing to the fact that most veterans of the war are not given satisfactory if any counseling for the trauma they have experienced. If this was a film true to the point on mental health understanding wouldn't this be a documentary and not a star casted 'World Premiere Event' ??? Please ...a shame this is putting a spin as to how people should see emotional /mental health and not what it really is .

You won't find Anne Heche's name as the writer of this film by the way . This is a fictional film , a writer's film .

Yes, it is fiction, but I still think it will be interesting. It is being produced by Jennifer Anniston as a Five Film. The first Five Film was about five women struggling with cancer, and she wanted to do another film tackling mental health.

While I do understand your concern, sometimes heart-wrenching fiction is the only way or a big way to reach many people. I'm a BIG dork. I love popular movies and music, but I also love to go see musicals, read books, watch documentaries, and watch cable news. That being said, I think I'd have to pay my best friend to watch a documentary. So, movies like this can help push this to the forefront.

Also, the film is partnering with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a huge, non-profit group that supports those struggling with mental illnesses and their families. I can only hope that they would not support a film that portrayed mental illness in an evil manner.

Also, the film does touch on problems with veterans. One of the stories centers on a character who returns from the war and suffers from PTSD.

I'm sorry...

Thanks for the heads up. Just set my DVR.

Is anyone able to record and upload to youtube?

We have the Lifetime channel in Canada but they aren't showing it and have no plans to in the recent future.

SO ANNOYING. Hopefully someone will upload it so we can all watch.

I just watched this and I found it incredibly moving. I did not think it sensationalized mental illness in any way, and the focus on the effects on families came through loud and clear. It's definitely a little oriented towards an uplifting message (there is hope for those with serious mental illnesses, and treatment works). I thought the characters were very well done, and the portrayals of mental illness pretty realistic. I also appreciated that the PTSD case was an example of military sexual assault, which is an important and underreported problem.

My favorite interaction in the entire film takes places between a schizophrenic woman and her younger sister, around the time when they are in their early 20's.

Younger sister: "You tried to strangle me with my nightgown and all I could think of is why is hello kitty smiling?"

Older sister: "You have to stop taking that personally."

I watched it last night and was very moved by it, on a variety of levels. I did find myself thinking some of it was unrealistic or slanted toward a particular view that isn't always true (like with treatment it all ends well) but I don't think it ruined the film or anything.

It did a very good job of showing what it is like to be a family member of a person suffering from a mental illness. The one that hit home the very most for me was the girl whose mother had bipolar. The feelings written all over the girl's face were so close to how I experienced my upbringing. It was not the same circumstance at all - yet I could relate to her. Shame, fear, trying to get attention but never getting it, trying to "fix" things, the isolation and not being able to bring friends home or even be open enough to have many friends, walking on eggshells and learning to be hyper vigilant, being scared of what you will find when you get home after school, being parentified and feeling anger at her for not being the mom you needed, feeling bad that you feel angry etc. etc.Though, i thought the ending of that one was a bit unrealistic too...

I watched it. for fiction (not based on reality of what a person with mental disorders go through) they did a good job. but I think it would have been better if the chow had been a mini series where each story line had more time. just when you start getting to know the character and their "story" the writer concluded the story. I found myself thinking.. ok so what happened next, where is...how did ....why was....

kind of like a cliff hanger for me...

I would love to see it. Would anybody who recorded it post it on youtube or anywere on the net please ? If possible I don´t know.

Please please please, will someone do this?

same here. I would be ever so grateful if someone posted it.