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THERE’S AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL PRESSURE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND THAT DOESN’T ALLOW PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT feel fulfilled MENTAL HEALTH FREELY. I couldn’t for some reason.
The vocabulary and the way that There is way people talk about mental health more to me than or illnesses in general. I think that’s where we need to start — my disorders. by changing the conversation. I was in and out, up and down with depression for a long time.
I started feeling that I was IT’S NOT TALKED ABOUT different from There’s an AND THERE ARE NO in my everyone else. imbalance brain and that’s Things started to feel off.
okay.
People tend to think that you’re just lazy when you’re depressed and they don’t understand.
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I MADE IT MY MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY COULD FEEL THAT WAY. Even if you move on and you get better., you’ll always remember how you felt..
When you talk about mental health, people kind of say, ‘Well don’t you have more important things to do than be sad all the time?’ IT IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE ON THIS CAMPUS.
ON THE INSIDE this week is mental health awareness week. with campus organizations hosting events to bring more attention to mental illnesses and attempting to lessen the stigma surrounding them, these brave students shared their own experiences living with mental illnesses. — PAGES 6 AND 7
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