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HOW TO COPE WITH

ow To Cope With’ was a research- While deciding a name for our page,
based Instagram page initiated we mutually agreed on the idea of naming
‘Hby five teenagers, aimed to it ‘How To Cope With’ and then focusing
discuss various mental health issues on various coping techniques for any
openly and suggest solutions to those common, teenage issue. This experience
issues based on analysis and intensive not only allowed us to spread awareness
research. This page was part of the Fortis about the importance of mental health
Psychology Internship with the common in a unique manner, but also enabled us
goal to spread awareness about mental to learn and cope with our own issues
health issues. Normally, such pages through the lens of psychology.
focus on breaking stereotypes about — Ananya Kar, DP 1
mental illnesses. However, we decided to
focus on providing detailed solutions to Instagram: @howtocopewith
any stressful situation via research.

DISPO

ften social media is spoken about in a negative and the idea of capturing events, stories, and
connotation, with teenagers meticulously moments that we want to remember. Hence, we want
Opicking apart photos and videos to make to use platforms such as Instagram to combine our
them perfect or make them live up to an unrealistic love for photography, creating videos, and capturing
expectation. We, however, wanted to utilize our access memories with our favourite people and places. So
to social media in a raw, unfiltered way through far we have really enjoyed experiencing a style of
‘@ourdispoaccount’. This is an instagram account that photography that we weren't previously exposed to.
has allowed us to create an online photo album filled
with memories and experiences for us to look back on. We are trying to challenge the traditional, heavily
filtered content displayed on Instagram by ensuring
When we learnt about disposable cameras, we that all our photos are completely unedited and are
were fascinated by its concept (as well as the vintage a perfect representation of that particular moment in
aesthetic) and the fact that we could easily achieve film- time.
like photos through apps such as Dispo. Technological — Aradhia Bhagat & Naisha Dahiya, DP 1
advancements have allowed us to go back in time and
experiment with different styles of photography. Instagram: @ourdispoaccount
We have both been passionate about photography,

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