Life Capacity ™ Mental Health Simulation Game – Suicide Prevention

Life Capacity™ is Imagine Institute for Learning’s experiential response to this question. This immersive mental health simulation invites participants to explore how life experiences, trauma, resilience, privilege, and relationships shape mental health across a lifespan. Through guided play, participants step into the lives of individuals from diverse backgrounds, navigating significant life events that influence physical health, mental wellbeing, coping capacity, and longevity. There is no winning or losing—only reflection, empathy, and learning. As life stories unfold, participants encounter both protective factors and risks, including experiences of loss, adversity, and, in some cases, suicide. The simulation creates a safe, facilitated space to examine complex mental health realities and to practise courageous, compassionate conversations about prevention, intervention, and human vulnerability.

KNOW — Knowledge & Understanding

• Understand mental health as a dynamic experience shaped by life events, social context, trauma, and access to support.
• Recognize how life capacity is influenced by resilience, privilege, adversity, and relational connection.
• Explore the realities of mental health across lifespans and cultures in a structured, psychologically safe way.
• Understand suicide risk within the broader context of life experience rather than isolated behaviour.

DO — Applied Skills & Practice

• Engage in brave, facilitated conversations about mental health, suicide prevention, and human vulnerability.
• Reflect on prevention and intervention points that could alter life trajectories.
• Practise perspective-taking through shared storytelling and collective reflection.

BE — Professional Growth & Transformation

• Hold increased empathy and compassion when engaging in conversations about mental health and suicidal ideation.
• Approach difficult conversations with curiosity, humility, and care.
• Recognize the complexity of human lives beyond labels or diagnoses.

Option: Train the facilitator available*