With casual video games like the ones I gravitate towards, you can live in a world where you don’t have to stress about such things – where there’s no standard to live up to except the ones you give yourself, and if you ever run into any obstacle, you can always start again.
Read MoreIronically, my Literature and Social Change class is where my anxiety began to set in. We were discussing representation, as we often do. Discussing the lack of representation for mental health reminded me that this one day of unwavering support and awareness for mental health is an anomaly.
Read MoreI want to tell her about her sorority. I want to tell her not to lock herself in her room and cry and starve herself. I want to tell her to hold out hope. But for a year of my life I had no hope. In light of the recent “Beta Delta” letter, I can’t help but be pulled back into that dark place.
Read MoreWe have a tendency to cycle back to the past in all of its pain and pleasure as we voyage onwards to an unknown future. Ironically, we’re much better at forecasting the future when looking at the past and present, even if change lies on the horizon.
Read MoreYou wouldn’t know it on the surface (or by my Instagram feed), but a passion just as big as food for me is mental health advocacy. But what does this have to do with food?
Read MoreA poem by E. Yang
Read MoreMy grandma grew up in traditional India, not allowed to get an education because of her gender, always taking care of her family, poster-child of traditional India. So when my mom told me what my grandma requested, to say I was shocked was an understatement.
Read MoreMy decision to do so has nothing to do with religion, morality, or even legality. My reason for not drinking is as simple as I don’t get joy from it, but more importantly because I don’t feel like myself when drinking.
Read MoreLittle did my parents know, I have had a juul since junior year of high school. I became so dependent on it that I would go to the bathroom between practically every class and hit it. I didn’t even even feel the effects of the juul anymore since I would use it so much; it simply became a comfort thing.
Read MoreDisappointment in isolation is more manageable than an onslaught: standardized rejection letters from publications, unexpected grades, let-downs in friendships and relationships, etc. Though the confidence I have in my writing abilities oscillates, I found that writing has always acted as a tether to the beauty and wonder in the world around me.
Read MoreFar and away the most interesting aspect of working on a suicide hotline is the stories we hear. I wish badly to share them with you; it would be the easiest way for you to understand what the hotline is like. Besides, if I were the one reading this article, I’d want to hear those stories, especially if when you hear “suicide hotline,” you picture what I first did: tense middle-of-the-night calls talking people down from the edge.
Read MoreThe relationship between our external and internal environment is very powerful, but there is a disconnection between the two in the medical field.
Read MoreI remember the first time I told my parents I wanted to go to therapy. My immigrant, Indian parents. I remember the confusion, the questions, the hesitation, and (eventually) the approval.
Read MoreNever has someone revolutionized my perspective so completely. She accepted all of who I was, so much so that I started to accept myself as well.
Read MoreWe discover that we’re not alone in what we’re feeling and understand ourselves in a new light.
Read MoreI don’t know what to do with this frustrating phenomenon that occurs within my head every year, I don’t know how to fix it, I just know it happens.
Read MoreThis piece is a collaboration between Alexa Di Luca and Amelia Cacchione, telling two stories of junior year — It’s Okay to Not be Okay and It’s Okay to be Okay.
Read MoreFinding and acknowledging what we truly want out of life can be painfully difficult and requires brutal honesty. What you want, what your parents want, what society wants-those can be completely different paths, but ultimately what matters most is if you are happy with yourself.
Read MoreOur whole lives, we have a path carved out for us. Senior year hits and suddenly we need to have everything figured out for the next step of our lives. Students apply to schools with the stress of possibly not getting in, and now, not getting into the most challenging program.
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