Table 1.

Summary of the lived experience videos developed.

Module theme	Video title	Number of speakers	Content areas discussed
My Journey	My Journey	3	Brief overview of the speaker’s mental health experiences and meaning of “recovery”.
Self-Care	What is stress?	7	Things that can cause people stress (e.g., crowded places, financial instability, expectations from others).
	Impact of stress	6	The effect of stress including physiological responses, racing thoughts, or psychotic symptoms (e.g., increased voices).
	Managing stress	6	Strategies used to cope with stress such as distractive (e.g., exercise, meditation) and cognitive processing techniques.
My Identity	Who am I?	4	Sense of self and personal strengths (e.g., fitness, humour, religious beliefs, art).
	How my sense of self has changed	4	Impact of mental health on personal identity and coping with changes (e.g., acceptance, values identification, re-engaging with past interests).
	Stigma and discrimination	4	Experiences with stigma (e.g., societal and self-stigma) and how these situations were managed.
Connections	Relationships	4	The impact of mental health on relationships and navigating challenging relationships or loss of friendships, as well as how to form new reciprocal connections.
	Family	5	The impact of mental health on family systems (e.g., supportive responses, and navigating difficulties).
	Social media	5	Positive experiences with social media as a means of connecting and navigating the negativity that can arise.
Life	Challenges	3	Navigating different challenges in life (e.g., employment, finances, getting a driver’s license).
	Disclosure	5	Experiences with disclosing mental health to others (e.g., romantic partner, employment) and deciding when not to disclose.
Mental health	Experiences with mental health services	5	Experiences and difficulties with mental health services (e.g., engaging in service programs or relationship concerns with workers).
	Navigating difficulties with mental health services	5	Managing difficult situations such as conversations about medications, power imbalances or having multiple workers.