My Experience With Mental Illness
Imagine dog paddling in a dirty pool. The rust-colored water has the consistency of day-old condensed soup. You try to keep yourself from...
6 Signs You Have Anxiety & How To Deal
Anxiety. It sounds almost silly to someone who's never experienced it. I always thought people who had anxiety were constantly in a panic...
4 Things You Need to Know About Depression on College Campuses
Here's what you should know about depression: 1. It can happen during the "prime" of your life. Your late teens and early twenties are...
3 Ways To Deal With Social Anxiety
It seems to happen to the best of us. That constant worrying. That annoying voice inside your head that just won’t shut up. That voice...
How to Handle the Winter Quarter Lull
You’ve hit the point of no return. Midterm on Tuesday, paper due Wednesday, work on Thursday—where does it end? Unfortunately it doesn’t...
10 Ways to Become Your Happiest, Healthiest Self (As Told By Animals)
1. They get enough sleep. Getting ample rest not only keeps your mind alert and focused, but research shows that it can also improve your...
Why We Need to Rethink Mental Health
It’s flu season, and you know what that means—a call from your parents to head on over to the Health Center to get this year’s flu shot...
Confessions of an Eating Disorder Survivor
It has been three years since I conquered anorexia. Free from anorexia’s control, I am now living my life the way I want to, but I remember...
5 Little Ways You Can Perk Yourself Up
By this point, we think we’ve all come to realize that college is no easygoing inner tube ride down a lazy river. It’s more like a giant...
How to Deal with Self-Doubt in College
Confidence and I have a love-hate thing going on. Sometimes we get along great, but most times we don’t. However, almost all of the time I...