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to find the Stroke 'advert' far too scary and

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BlackEyedDogstar · 14/02/2009 16:56

think it should be certificated like horror movies are?

Ds is playing and Grand Designs is on tv in the background as I am interested in Kevin McCloud architecture - and this horrible informercial or whatever it is, has just come on and freaked out 5 yr old DS. I don't know if it's the image of the lady's brain on fire or the awful slump of her face that has upset him most. It has frightened and worried him now.

FFS.

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ScottishMummy · 23/02/2009 20:49

fwiw,not just adults who experience CVA.children and babies too.with many but not all same symptoms

again early recognition and treatment lead to better functional outcomes

MrP2 · 23/02/2009 20:52

The advert might be "factually/clinically sound" ScottishMummy, but to re-itterate my point (which seems to have been missed), there is no need for anyone having to watch a "horror movie", in this day and age, in order to get a point across to the public. So I'm saying these type of grusume adverts are basicaly unecessary and upseting to people that have lost anyone close to them. And yes, also to some children. The idea to educate the public is sound ..but surely we can think of alternative methods!!

PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 23/02/2009 20:57

i dont normally watch ads - they need to get peoples attention

are people actually upset - as adults?

ScottishMummy · 23/02/2009 20:57

if your threshold/tolerance to such Ad's deems it "gruesome"-that is your individual reaction.

it is not mine

however,it is not a reason to globally withdraw the ad.

you can exercise your individual will and switch off

leaving an informative and useful Ad campaign to potentially save lives,alter clinical outcomes

DorisIsAPinkDragon · 23/02/2009 21:02

MrP2 actually the need to make the adverts more attention grabbing "in this day and age" is there, the public at large is becoming more and more immune to images due in part ( I believe) to the availability of horror movies etc that are normalised.

If that horror movie saves lives then it's worth it, and children may benefit from the discussion it raises.

MrP2 · 23/02/2009 21:10

ScottishMummy - Yes but it's not just me that does not like watching this advert. There will be (even in this discussion) a lot of people that don't want to be subjected to this type of advert. And it will bring back bad memories and upset. It obviously dosn't bother you (and many others), but everyone is different.

How can you normalise a "Horror Movie" - how far do you think we should go in an ad!!

2shoes · 23/02/2009 21:14

when my dad got ill, he looked just like the people on that ad, so it brings back memories, he died 2 weeks ago of a brain tumour.
when people have a stroke it is vital that they get help quick. so imo the ads are good, even if I don't like them.
I have had to watch the jade circus and everyone says oh thst ok cos smear tests are up..
so why is this different.

FAQinglovely · 23/02/2009 21:15

well I'm sure you woudn't like to have a stroke and have someone sat there with you not realising what was happening because they didn't know/understand the signs........

Strokes are the 2nd biggest killer in the UK and the biggest cause of adult disability in both Europe and the US.

ElfOnTheTopShelf · 23/02/2009 21:17

PillicockSatOnPillicockHill - re your q as to whether adults are upset by this.

Yes, I am. But there are reasons why I am upset about it and I think it I hadn't had that experience, the advert might not bother me as much.

ScottishMummy · 23/02/2009 21:18

unfortunately,many media events eg JadeG revival CA may touch a raw nerve for some.on other hand it has raised its profile and galvanised some who would be reluctant to take smear.the jade effect has had more women booking GP appt.more so than GP banging on about clinical efficacy and risk factors

look life is characterised by sadness and happiness.merely not acknowledging physical and mental health in case someone will be upset isn't sensible

SIDS is a traumatic raw issue,and undoutedly the ads and literature will upset some.but the informational basis makes it useful

cheesesarnie · 23/02/2009 21:21

my mil had a stroke.i thought i knew signs but i didnt.this advert shock,upsets,angers me but im glad they show it.if it saves one person its worth it.

dare i say-maybe adult tv shouldnt be on with a 5 year old in the room.

ElfOnTheTopShelf · 23/02/2009 21:22

There aren't adverts on SIDS are there?

Some people will be more sensitive about certain types of adverts. Cancer research ads used to be something that would make me think, but it was only after my granddad died of cancer that they would make me cry.

serin · 23/02/2009 21:23

And hopefully the government will be backing up this campaign with funding for more specialist stroke rehab, early intervention units?

Sidge · 23/02/2009 21:25

Unless they're showing the advert between CBeebies programmes (which they obviously are not) then I don't see the problem.

Yes it's a little alarming, but that's the point. It's designed to make people sit up and take notice - if it was just some Mr Cholmondley-Warner type drone with no visual impact then it wouldn't reach the target audience. If you don't want your children to see real life on the TV (cos real life ain't pretty, let's be honest) then don't have regular TV on when they're around.

I agree with whoever said ads like these need to be slightly shocking as we as a society are desensitised to extreme images. How many parents who protest at this advert let their children watch Dr Who, Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers etc? Far more scary IMO.

ScottishMummy · 23/02/2009 21:27

SIDS back to sleep campaign reduced infant mortality.discussed on tv,magazines,via Mw/HV

ElfOnTheTopShelf · 23/02/2009 21:29

have seen lots of stuff on back to sleep etc, but not sure if it were in any other format than literature and information in magazines / tv shows etc.

wannaBe · 23/02/2009 21:40

"horror film". No. These adverts are not horror films. Horror films are far-fetched stories based around something which could never happen in rl. Strokes on the other hand are real. This is real life being depicted in these adverts.

I would far rather my child was exposed to these adverts and had an idea of these issues than the ones telling us how to become debt free/how to get a loan if you have a 0 credit rating/where there's blame there's a claim and so on. And those are adverts which are actually shown on children's television, as opposed to the stroke one which I assume is not.

The answer is simple really. If you don't want children watching adult adverts, then don't let them watch adult television.

ElfOnTheTopShelf · 23/02/2009 21:45

what shows has it been shown inbetween? I presume it is not on kids channels, but I cant remember what I have seen it before.

wannaBe · 23/02/2009 21:50

I haven't actually seen it as i don't watch all that much television and when I do I've usually sky plussed it so can fast forward through the adverts.

katiestar · 23/02/2009 22:42

There are ways of communicating information without giving children (& adults )nightmares surely .There has to be a happy medium

pingping · 24/02/2009 09:46

Not sure why it gives anyone nightmares the smoking adverts are worse and the NSPCC ones and the watch the road adverts

I have never seen the advert played during the day

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