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Post by Ayesha Mahbub on Dec 7, 2016 19:47:03 GMT -4
I agree with the author that people should be encouraged to seek for mental health issues, not just in fashion industry but in all types of stressful jobs. It should not be considered as a taboo. People shouldn't be stigmatized when they speak out about their mental health issues. Companies/jobs which are stressful should provide/encourage to seek mental health services and/ counselors to recognize early mental health issues and help them out. Also, cultures creates pressures on companies and/ employers to keep up with newest trends or fashions. Consequently, employers puts pressures on employees to keep up with it and creating a breeding ground for mental health problems. It's like a chain reaction. This chain reaction has to be broken so that people don't end up with mental health issues to begin with. If a job is stressful in nature, people should be trained how to deal with the stress, At the same time, employers/companies should try to reduce the stress in work environment.
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Post by Anthony B on Dec 8, 2016 16:24:25 GMT -4
Ah the world of fashion, from the outside it appears to be a lifestyle of champagne and caviar. I’d like to believe this was the author’s best effort at bringing to light the prevalence of mental illness within the field. Unfortunately, this was a missed opportunity to bring to light real issues such as bulimia, anorexia, body dysmorphic disorder …and as a result the article comes off as long-winded and vague. I understood that you have to constantly re-invent yourself while meeting deadlines and attending networking events. Indeed, the author tries to make parallels with other professions but in the end it all seems quite superficial. Any high stress industry will reveal or create fissures in an individual who is not equipped with the appropriate coping tools.
AB (MS3)
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Post by Jenny Thomas (MS3) on Dec 9, 2016 4:11:12 GMT -4
This article brought attention to a topic that I had not thought about before. Fashion is an ever-growing industry. It is also a very subjective industry. I can understand where this article is coming from. In a world where something designers create is subjected solely on the opinions of others, anxiety would be a common symptom amongst the designers. Imagine working on a clothing line for many weeks, months even, just to have the final product come down to whether a certain select group of people either like it or not. It makes sense that living in a world where success is measured subjectively would cause anxiety and stress.
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Post by Carl Boulos on Dec 13, 2016 18:32:52 GMT -4
This article (along with my time at PACT) has really opened my eyes to mental health. While i've never doubted the reality of mental health, I have noticed that it is a lot more common in people you encounter in your everyday life as oppose to your textbook Schizophrenic patient. While the article focused on the mental health issues that occur in the fashion industry, it is truly common in any industry. As the article stated, I think it is vital to every business to ensure that it's employers have access to resources that will better their physical health (eg. subsidized gym memberships) as well as resources for mental health. This begins with discussion and informative sessions on mental health to remove the stigma that many of us have grown up believing.
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Post by Jeffry Benjamin on Dec 15, 2016 0:49:27 GMT -4
When reading the title of the article, I thought it would focus more on the models that are employed in the fashion industry and relate them to eating disorders or body dysmorphia. However, I did not realize that creative director and designers are also vulnerable to mental health issues in the fashion industry because they work "behind the scenes". They are not the ones on the catwalk being displayed to thousands of people. After reading the article I believe that in any high-stress/high-demanding industry, there needs to be workshops on how to deal with stress or have employed counselors that are willing to talk to employees of a company.
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Post by Pavankumar Thota on Dec 15, 2016 20:19:03 GMT -4
When I first read the title to the article, I assumed that I'd probably agree with the author's premise. I assumed the article was going to focus on the prevalent mental health issue in the fashion industry: body dysmorphic syndrome. I was surprised when the article dealt mainly with stress. Before reading this article, I never really considered stress a mental health issue. I figured in a highly competitive field like fashion, the people that couldn't handle the high stress load would be weeded out and the strongest survive. When the article mentioned how the other top industries were pointing to the importance of maintaining mental health, I realized even the "strong" were struggling with this. This article really changed my view on the importance of training every industry to handle stress.
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Post by Nick Kessener on Dec 18, 2016 17:11:32 GMT -4
While rather vague, this opinion piece brings to light an important and clearly neglected field within a major industry. Burnout and psychological stressors are becoming more widely dealt with in most major industries such as banking and technology, the article is quick to point out, but is largely ignored within the fashion industry. While this field is fast paced and high stress, there is little that has been done to address its growing mental concerns. Personally, I would have appreciated more specifics, statistics and details regarding these effects, but either way the concept is clear. Mental health is just as important as other aspects of our physical health and can often be even harder to overcome. While a complete shift in the lifestyle and schedule may not be feasible, greater awareness of the issue is necessary if any changes are to occur. Limitations of hours or even support by means of counseling or "checking in" would most likely bring great benefits to all within this highly demanding field.
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Post by Andrej Gabrovsek on Jan 1, 2017 20:24:56 GMT -4
When reading this article that focused on stress and how there is little education or understanding in this industry. I believe that many careers and occupations can have extremely demanding stress and time constraints and these could be dscussed and educated on in general terms. The artilcle showed how some other industries were trying to help employees handle and deal with the stress. These general ideas could be adopted in any number of businesses if the employers deem it financially and morally appropriate for their workers. This is where the education would be of most benefit.
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