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Mental Health Community Responses
It was when my father and I got in a huge argument over the fact that I would walk around the block of my apartment complex to smoke. This is my favorite memory because it led me to open up to my family and explain to them that I don't smoke recreationally but that I do it to be more calm and less anxious about all the worries that I constantly have. When I came to this country, studying became my job and that is all I would do so that my family could get ahead and leave the American poverty to which were introduced upon moving to the US. This created a lot of pressure and smoking helped me keep calm and work diligently on all my school work. My dad smokes cigarettes so I asked him why I have to walk around the block to smoke when he gets to sit outside and do basically the same thing I am doing. This memory will be forever cherished in my mind because this was the moment I became friends with my father and he started seeing me as an equal rather than as a rebellious child. Now I can smoke outside with him and bond! - MAP 22'
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Getting closer with my friends. Having movie nights and just talking. It made it so much more bearable. -ANON
Chilling on my roof making art and calling friends. -ANON
I learned to appreciate laughter so much more. The pandemic has encouraged me to find joy in everything and anything that I do. After so much pain, struggle, and death, the only thing I can do is make the best of the moments I currently have the privilege of experiencing. - ANON
The time I spent by myself reading and reflecting. -ANON
Playing Among Us with some friends over Zoom during break. -ANON
My favorite memory from the pandemic was the first day I popped out with my friends. We walked around our neighborhood and went to this local pond. I caught a baby fish and nwamed it Lavendar, but I didn't realize the lack of oxygen in my jar would kill her. So she died....fun day though. -JM 22'
