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How to Overcome Social Anxiety
This summer, I spent a lot of time in introspection and learned a lot about myself. I think too much, and I am so afraid of change. My life...
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The Reality of Loneliness
You’re sitting alone in a coffee shop surrounded by tables filled with families and friends. You stare out the window and watch the pouring...
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What Are Your Dreams Trying To Tell You?
Let’s talk about dreaming. As a neuroscience student, I have spent many lectures learning about dreams and REM sleep. REM stands for rapid...
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Operation Brightside: The Self-Love in Standing Up for Yourself
Find your voice and make yourself heard. You won’t regret it.
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How to Manage Politics and Your Mental Health
In an America that feels more divisive than ever, one thing is for certain: anxiety is nonpartisan . With election day on the horizon, it’s...
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Mental Health and Quarantine: My Experience
We can all agree that quarantine has affected us in many ways, good and bad. Our government had to create a line for people with mental...
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How Owning a Plant Can Help with Managing Anxiety
How Owning a Plant Can Help with Managing Anxiety I, like many others, struggle with anxiety. On top of the stress that comes from school,...
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Finding My People While Dealing With Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is something that impacts many peoples’ lives. I never imagined that I would be able to find my circle of friends until I did.
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How My Diet Was Affected by Quarantine
The pandemic has completely changed our lives― it was a sudden, drastic change that none of us really expected. To keep everyone safe,...
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Changing Your Major Can Be Terrifying- But It Is So Worth It
Changing your major can be scary, really scary. For me, it started when I realized I could not remember the last time I was happy to learn...
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What Is It Like to Have Anxiety?
Trigger Warning: Anxiety and Dissociation Many people claim to have anxiety regularly when something nerve-racking pops up in their lives...
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A Year of Counselling in NTU
Like most awakenings, it started with a bad breakup. I’ll spare you the details, but all I wanted to do was to sleep, drown in alcohol, and...
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Hi, I'm High Functioning Anxiety
Think you are a naturally hard worker? Well, you might just be someone with high functioning anxiety.
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You Are Only Human, You Deserve A Break
It seems surreal that we are already nine weeks into this semester. That means it's midterm time. For many, I am sure it feels that each...
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Tips for Dealing With Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health illnesses that nearly 1 in 5 people experience. Over the years, I’ve learned a few good...
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An Open Letter To My Anxiety
You are no longer my voice of reason.
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How To Stop Procrastinating Your Work
Tips on how to break your habit of procrastination.
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How Nature Helped with My Mental Health
How being in nature helped me deal with anxiety and depression.
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Using Stuffed Animals to Combat Anxiety
Original photo by Catherine Becker My grandpa used to make fun of me for carrying around a ratty little stuffed animal that I’ve had since...
