Walled IN, the feature film

09/03/2026

“Mental health continues to decline across Canada…”

Why is this happening?

The advent of social media likely played a role. In the past decade, we’ve watched the internet transform the way people connect, especially young people. We’ve normalized posting, texting, emailing, scrolling—while more and more people walk through elevators, streets and subways with their heads down, connected to everything except the people right in front of them.

And now we’re making way for AI, at the same time our need for mental health professionals continues to grow.

How do we build the resources to treat this?

Personally, I’ve felt an emptiness in my heart created by what I believe is the absence of intimate connections in my social circles—even within family.
As a Gen Xer, I feel a responsibility to find new ways, and old ways, to connect with the people I love and care about. To socialize. To recreate—or create—relationships built around the values I believe in.

I’m encouraged to see organizations recognizing this need and finding ways to create genuine, intimate connections with people before it’s too late. I applaud that.

Education. Connection. Communication. Risk.

Be bold in the way you socialize. Get out there. Reach for people. Make the call. Show up.

In person is best. You may not realize how important that connection is to a long and healthy life.

05/20/2026

There’s a slow burn happening — a kind of mental strain caused by too much screen time.
For young people who have only ever known life through a screen, it’s even worse.

How many future polls and surveys on mental health will point back to this as a major cause of certain behaviors or illnesses?

may 20, 2026 There’s a slow burn happening — a kind of mental strain caused by too much screen time. For young people who have only ever known life through a screen, it’s even worse. How many future polls and surveys on mental health will point back to this as a major cause of certain behavior...

02/12/2026

https://www.albernsteincreative.com/p/the-blog.html

February 3, 2026 The Erosion of Human Connection. One of the most frustrating things that I have experienced these past ten years are people...

02/07/2026

Mental illness touches each and every one of us one way or another. Contact if you want to talk.

02/03/2026

The Erosion of Human Connection.

https://www.albernsteincreative.com/p/the-blog.html

02/02/2026

“Far more Ontario teens are reporting mental health problems than a decade ago, and frequent cannabis use is increasingly part of that story.”

Be informed.

Psychological distress, including depression and anxiety, among Ontario teenagers has increased in the past decade, and it may be linked to cannabis use, a new Ontario study suggests.

01/21/2026

Bell Let's Talk Day. It's a day where a giant corporation does wonderful things to raise awareness for mental health.
It's not nearly enough and it is spread way too thin.

I shall never surrender.

12/10/2025

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?
By
Hilary Whiteman

Al works in film/tv and the theatre in New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles some highlights include: the award-winning short film Walled IN (written & produced by Al), Workin’ Moms, The Umbrella...

10/02/2025

Canada’s mental health crisis hits these communities ‘disproportionately’ hard. New research points to a key factor

02/26/2025

Walled IN, the feature film and play joins this conversation.

Ontario teen, 15, facing charges after allegedly threatening students with weapons at high school By Alex Arsenych February 26, 2025 at 1:25PM EST An Ontario Provincial Police crest is pictured on...