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Mental health support group releases own version of viral 'Tililing' poster

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<p>MANILA -- An online group that supports people with anxiety and depression has released its own take on the poster for the movie &quot;Tililing,&quot; which has been criticized for showing mental illness stereotypes. </p><p>In a Facebook post on Monday night, Anxiety and Depression Support Philippines (ADSP) said it finds the original poster &quot;problematic.&quot; </p><p>The wacky expressions made by the stars of the movie were replaced by the group as it delivered the message that there are many faces of mental illness.</p><p>&quot;We can&#x27;t judge the movie if we haven&#x27;t seen it yet. Let us just hope that it&#x27;s done tastefully. The thing is, the poster is problematic,&quot; ADSP said.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Di lahat ng makakakita ng original poster ay magbabasa, mag-iimbestiga o manonood. Maaaring tumatak &#x27;yang impresyon na &#x27;yan sa utak nila nang matagal o habambuhay,&quot; the group added. </p><p>ADSP also slammed the use of the word &quot;tililing,&quot; saying &quot;even us patients and the professionals don&#x27;t use this word.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Even the government is careful in addressing people with mental health struggles. &#x27;Wag nating pausuhin,&quot; it said. </p><p>&quot;And the sad part is, hindi naman lahat ng may &#x27;tililing&#x27; or may pinagdaraanan ay mahahalata mo. &#x27;Yung ibang may pinagdadaanan, sila pa &#x27;yung nakatawa. Sila &#x27;yung pinakamasaya sa barkada, ang breadwinner ng pamilya, ang boss ng kumpanya, ang pinakamagaling sa eskwela,&quot; the group stressed.</p><p>&quot;Ika nga nila, maraming mukha ang problema. At gusto naming ipakita rin ang ibang mukha -- merong mukang masaya, highly functional, productive pero sa loob-loob, may kadiliman.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/ADSPpage/photos/a.709142542438802/4013068552046168" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Liza Soberano earlier joined netizens in expressing disagreement over the &quot;Tililing&quot; movie poster.</p><p>&quot;Really hoping that this movie will spread awareness and enlighten us on the struggles of dealing with mental health. But the poster? It&#x27;s a no for me,&quot; she said in a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/08/21/mental-health-is-not-a-joke-liza-soberano-netizens-slam-poster-of-movie-tililing">Twitter post</a>.</p><p>Hours after Soberano&#x27;s statement, &quot;Tililing&quot; director Darryl Yap assured the actress in a Facebook post that their movie&#x27;s goal is to spread awareness about mental health.</p><p>&quot;Ang aking mga artista sa pelikulang ito ay nagdaan sa mga pagsubok na nagpatatag din sa kanilang kalusugang pangkaisipan,&quot; he said. &quot;Sigurado kaming hindi nila tatanggapin ang isang proyektong ikapapahamak ng kanilang prinsipyo at pagkatao; Matatalino ang aking mga artista, at matapang ang kanilang direktor.&quot;</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_3FwAPQ8zo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>An online group that supports people with anxiety and depression has released its own take on the poster for the movie "Tililing," which has been criticized for showing mental illness stereotypes. </p>

An online group that supports people with anxiety and depression has released its own take on the poster for the movie "Tililing," which has been criticized for showing mental illness stereotypes.