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hen political science graduate student Mike Toje worked at the Shop ‘n Save butcher shop in Edwardsville, Illinois, he obsessively organized the refrigerated packages in neat lines, placing the newest meats in the back and the oldest in the front.

Customers often sifted through the products, leaving them disorganized after they found a choice cut.

Troje’s need for cleanliness often interfered with his duties at work. He dedicated his six-hour shifts to cleaning the shop — a job which ordinarily took two hours. After others overheard him complaining about customers rearranging products, he received two work reprimands and sought treatment for his obsessive compulsive disorder through the health center at Southern Illinois University where he was earning his undergraduate degree.

Troje came to LSU to pursue his master’s degree in political science after earning his bachelor’s degree but soon found himself battling new anxieties in an unfamiliar environment.

“It got to the point where I was hating my situation both academically and where I was living, and I noticed that I was having more and more difficulty talking to new people,” Troje said.

Troje’s OCD manifests in the repetition of activities, counting things, turning left or right,

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hen I was 17 years old, I stood on a chair in my childhood home, tied a noose around my neck and stared up at the ceiling in my bedroom, preparing to hang myself as tears streamed down my face.

I felt worthless, alone and cornered by an environment begging my escape.

I can’t remember whether it was God or some small shimmer of hope that convinced me to come down from the chair.

I kept my anguish to myself for months, scared to tell my friends, family and even my therapist out of fear he would tell my parents.

I hid my depression from most of my friends and my entire family minus my mother and father. Just a handful of people knew I saw a therapist until now.

There was a social stigma about therapy and depression that made me feel ashamed. To the world, I knew I would look broken and weak.

In the meantime, a fake smile and laugh held off suspicions something was wrong. Time spent alone was a dagger penetrating my mind. I could fill my days up with activities and time with friends to coax away the firm grip depression had on my life, but alone, stuck within the confines of my mind, I felt unhappy, unloved and inadequate.

I went to a therapist for almost a year and a half before slowly waning sessions down to a complete

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Students abusing non-prescribed ‘study,’ anxiety drugs the money or are looking to help stressed out friends.

Samantha said she and her While prescriptions for friends stay safe by avoidAdderall, Vyvanse and Ritalin ing alcohol before taking any are often issued to those who over-the-counter substance.

Anxiety medications like have trouble focusing in the classroom, those pills may ben- Xanax are a bit more difficult for efit more than the person whose her to come by, but she said she prefers them to study drugs. name is on the bottle.

“No psychiatrist is going to After starting her art portfolio the night before it was write me a Xanax prescription due, Maci* found herself able because I’ve admitted to smokto complete nine drawings in a ing weed, because it’s too much matter of hours thanks to the of a liability,” Samantha said. “I Adderall she took from a dealer. take another medication for anxiMaci said she can name at least ety, so it’s not really that I need 10 to 20 people who sell their Xanax, but I like the feeling it gives me.” prescriptions to other students.

The first time she took Xanax, “I think they use as many as they really need and sell the rest Samantha said she ended up missfor profit,” Maci said. “I mean, ing an important family function why not? There’s such a high de- and sleeping for 18 hours. When mand … might as well make some she took Vyvanse, it made her feel like she was unable to funccash off of it.”

“Study drugs” aren’t the only tion after it wore off. While she popular pills among students was able to accomplish her neces— anxiety medications such as sary tasks, she said the five hours Xanax and Klonopin are heavily of aching bones and sweating sold. Maci said she doesn’t think were miserable.

Kathryn Saichuk, assistant these pills are absolutely necessary, but they make school’s director of Wellness and Health stressors easier to handle at Promotion at the Student Health Center said there is a lengthy times.

Maci said she doesn’t screening process before somedisregard the potential for devel- one can be prescribed an attention or anxiety oping addictions drug. ‘[LSU] is the perfect when abusing pre“In order for scription drugs. place for students to learn us to do that, a “I had two about drug interactions friends that were and the risks associated student has to provide us with both addicted to with these drugs.’ a medical affidaAdderall at one vit, proving that point, and it was SAMANTHA* they have been pretty terrifying,” tested for ADD or Maci said. “I knew some other people out of this one ADHD and have an official diagfriend group that were all addict- nosis,” Saichuk said. “After that, ed to Xanax, which also wasn’t a they meet with our psychiatrist and are either approved or denied pretty sight.”

Any experience Maci had through them.”

Saichuk said those who do not with Adderall or Vyvanse has never been pleasant, she said, have a medical need for the drugs and she only took the drug in have a different reaction to it than those who receive prescripdesperate times.

While it did help her focus, the tions. Non-prescribed users’ side next day was always miserable. effects may be more severe than At one point, she said she was prescribed users’.

The SHC physicians and unable to go to sleep for about a pharmacists speak with students week.

She said she had a better about potential side effects or isexperience taking anxiety medi- sues before prescribing drugs, cations. Though Maci shattered but Saichuk said it is also the reher new iPhone once while on sponsibility of the student to ask Xanax, she said she appreciated questions regarding risks and harm with their prescriptions. the temporary escape.

“If a student is concerned that When buying prescription pills, Maci said she sets prices they have ADD or ADHD, one of the preliminary things they can she won’t go over.

“It depends on the do is come in and meet with one milligrams,” she said. “Adder- of us,” Saichuck said. “We can see all also depends on if it’s instant what’s going on and maybe help release or extended release. them out.”

Samantha said LSU should be Vyvanse, 60 mg, is $5 to $6 in my book. I refuse to buy it if it’s more more realistic with its approach expensive than that. Xanax bars to drugs. “[LSU] is the perfect place are 2 mg and come for $5, standard. Klonopins usually come in for students to learn about drug interactions and the risks associ0.5 mg and are $2 to $3.”

Maci said she doesn’t believe ated with these drugs,” Samantha the prescription drug trade on said. “But instead, we just get told campus is as big of a deal as the that they have a zero tolerance spread of harder drugs such as policy, and there’s nothing else said. It’s sad, and it’s going to cost cocaine and heroin.

Samantha* said she knows students’ lives.” people who stockpile their study *Editor’s Note: Maci and drugs for the semester ahead.

She said she thinks those who Samantha’s names were withheld sell their drugs either truly need to preserve anonymity.

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Students take prescription pills bought from dealers to make school stressor’s easier to handle. The drugs increase alertness but not cognitive function.

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Fear the BIG MEN LSU relies on dominant offensive lineman

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LSU junior center Ethan Pocic (77) prepares to snap the ball during the Tigers’ 44-22 victory against Eastern Michigan University on Oct. 3 at Tiger Stadium.

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR As the national leader in rushing yards with 1,202 and 200.3 rushing yards per game, LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette is unquestionably a target for opposing defenses.

From out-of-bounds hits to defenses driving him back after the whistle, Fournette and his offensive line are used to physical defense as Fournette continues to embarrass defenders every week.

Along with opening running lanes with blocks for Fournette and keeping sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris

upright in the pocket, the Tigers’ veteran offensive line embraces its role of enforcer through its physical approach up front.

“When you play intense game like the [University of] Florida, their defense is going to try to set a tone in their eyes and try push him past the whistle,” said senior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander. “If things get touchy after the whistle, we as big brothers of the offensive line-should take care of that.”

Throughout 2015, LSU’s offensive line has made a habit of imposing its will against opposing defenses, forming a cornerstone of the NCAA’s

fourth-ranked rushing offense and taking home the honor of Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week five times.

During LSU’s five performances featuring the conference offensive linemen of the week, the Tigers averaged 458.8 total yards of offense, including Fournette’s tally of 193.8 rushing yards per game. LSU outscored its opponents 180-to-116 during this span.

Although Alexander said he respects Fournette’s physicality, Alexander said the offensive line’s responsibility to make sure Fournette or any other running back isn’t touched

until he reaches the second level of the opponent’s defense.

Despite LSU coach Les Miles sending out plays from LSU’s game against the University of Florida to the SEC office for clarification on late hit calls, Alexander didn’t see anything the Tigers couldn’t handle.

“Not at all I don’t think it got out of hand,” Alexander said. “You had one little play that they pushed him past the whistle. But it’s nothing that we can’t handle as a offensive line, tight ends and fullbacks. We take care of that.”

Along with garnering praise for its run-blocking, LSU’s

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In an ESPN “Outside the Lines” report televised Tuesday morning, the University of Louisville basketball program allegedly used strippers and sex to entice recruits to sign with the Cardinals during official visits to the university.

The two LSU players named in the report are current Tiger guard Antonio Blakeney, who was originally committed to the Cardinals, and former LSU and current Boston Celtics forward Jordan Mickey.

Among five former Louisville players or recruits who have confirmed the allegations to ESPN, Katina Powell, the woman in charge of the alleged escort service, recalled multiple instances of parties thrown at Billy Minardi Hall, where strip teases and sex were offered to prospects in exchange for money from the program.

The details of these occasions were recorded in her book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen.”

Former Louisville graduate assistant and current assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Andre McGee was the organizer of these parties. McGee, though, left the program after the alleged incident with Blakeney, according to the report. Louisville coach Rick Pitino is denying any knowledge of these parties.

Blakeney is being represented by a legal team and has already spoken with the NCAA, but neither he nor Mickey discussed the incident with ESPN. The LSU athletic department could not be reached for comment at the time of press.

First half of college football season highlights key players INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Columnist We’re halfway through the college football season.

Don’t be sad that it’s over, smile because it happened. Let’s take a look back at the most memorable moments from the first half of the season as I hand out my midseason awards.

THE “I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT CLEMSON” AWARD: Oh, Michigan … I’m still confused how you managed to lose a rivalry game like that. You were winning the game with 10 seconds remaining, and all you had to do was punt the ball.

How do you mess that up? The punter mishandling the snap and Michigan State pouncing for the unlikely scoop and score was maybe the most heartbreaking way I’ve ever seen a team lose a game. And I’ve watched some

cringe-worthy losses over the years. Not even Clemson choked that game away. Yikes.

THE FIRST HALF FLOP AWARD PRESENTED BY LANCE STEPHENSON: For the first time in history, the First Half Flop Award Presented by Lance Stephenson will be shared by two deserving teams. Congratulations, Auburn and Oregon — come pick up your hardware. There were other worthy candidates, but the Tigers and the Ducks managed to

outshine, or the antonym of outshine, every other team. Remember in the preseason AP Poll when Auburn and Oregon were ranked sixth and seventh, respectively?

Well, they’ve lost a combined five games already. Oregon managed to lose to Washington State, and Auburn barely managed to beat Jacksonville State University.

This is why preseason polls are irrelevant and bad.

THE LES MILES QUOTE OF THE SEASON (SO FAR) BROUGHT TO YOU BY MATH:

This was the hardest thing to award. There was no shortage of contenders, but only one quote could reign supreme. ESPN’s Holly Rowe asked Miles about the decision to run the fake field goal against Florida that proved to be the difference in the game, and Miles responded with, “We had it, and it was an opportunity for us to get seven, and seven’s a whole lot more than three.” It’s

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 LINEMEN, from page 3 offensive line’s pass protection has fueled the emergence of Harris and the Tigers’ passing attack through the last two weeks.

Harris completed 66 percent of his attempts for 430

MIDSEASON, from page 3 beautiful. You can’t argue with the simple, but wonderful math.

Seven points will always be more than three points. Touchdowns will always be greater than field goals. It was probably the least earth-shattering thing I’ve ever heard, but it still feels incredibly profound.

THE HALFWAY HEISMAN: Leonard Fournette is the obvious choice. He’s shattered his numbers from 2014, and LSU still has five games remaining. Fournette has more rushing yards (1,202) and rushing touchdowns (14) than most FBS schools, and he is on pace to easily eclipse 2,000 yards rushing for the season. I don’t think any defense can stop him. At this point, I’m not sure a runaway truck ramp could stop him. It’s Fournette’s award to lose at this point.

yards and four touchdowns combined against the University of South Carolina and Florida.

The Bossier City, Louisiana, native’s confidence in the pocket stems from his comfort with his offensive line, which has allowed only seven sacks through

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the Tigers’ six games.

Although the offensive line’s pride and joy is the run game, it will play whatever role is necessary to earn a win.

“However we’ve got to win the game, we’ve got to win the game,” said junior center Ethan Pocic. “We got to throw it

page 4 all little more [against Florida] and it worked out well.”

Despite their success as the foundation of LSU’s dynamic offense throughout first half of the 2015 season, the Tigers’ offensive line continuously aims to improve and become consistently dominant in every phase

of the game.

“We’ve got to become more reliable, more consistent with our techniques,” said freshman offensive guard William Clapp.

“Every week, you got to look at what you need to improve on from last week and just keep improving.”

THE LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE AWARD: The BYU Cougars want to know who said lightning never strikes twice so they can point and laugh. BYU literally won back-to-back games on Hail Marys. When have you ever seen something like that? The Cougars may have fallen out of the rankings since their heroics, but they proved a cliché wrong, so they’re heroes for that.

BEST BIG-GUY TOUCHDOWN: Baylor’s 18-yard touchdown grab by 6’7,” 410 pound senior tight end LaQuan McGowan was a joy to see. McGowan displayed sure hands and eluded a Kansas defender en route to the end zone. Thank you, Art Briles, for having an offense that is so much fun to watch.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

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Blaming gun violence on mental health political ploy NOT MARIAH CAREY MARIAH MANUEL Columnist In the wake of countless tragic shootings,Congress finally came up with a solution to end the spread of gun violence and other forms of mass terror: reforming the mental health care system.

Shootings are a familiar tragedy in American history. Each time, Republicans rally around the belief mental illness is to blame, not gun owners. The threat of deadly mass shootings put intense pressure on legislators to pass mental health legislation.

The “Mental Health Reform Act of 2015,” introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Rep. Tim Murphy’s “Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act,” demonstrate a bipartisan coalition formed to improve mental health care nationwide.

The media consistently correlates gun violence with mental illnesses, but are the two inextricably linked? Dr. Jeffrey Swanson of Duke University School of Medicine examined the connection between mass shootings and mental health.

Those with mental disorders have a slightly higher risk of committing violence, but they most often cause harm to themselves. According to Swanson, “the vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent and never will be,” indicating the high-profile cases we see with a shooter struggling with mental illness are the exception rather than the norm.

Swanson suggests we should place more focus on “behavioral indicators of risk,” rather than mental illness as a classification.

Therefore, a history of violent behavior is more likely to be a red flag for violence later in life than bearing the label “mentally ill.”

Other studies, such as one published by the American Journal of Public Health, find between three and five percent of U.S. crimes involve a person struggling with mental illness, confirming Swanson’s claim.

How do we help these people?

The Cassidy-Murphy Mental Health Act seeks to integrate mental and physical health, with states being eligible for $2 million in grants over five years to treat individuals with low incomes, chronic conditions or serious mental illness. The bill will also establish new grant programs to promote early intervention and detection for mental illness.

The proposal aims to strengthen transparency and enforcement of mental health parity. The bill will also improve mental

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health services within Medicare and Medicaid, allowing patients to receive mental health care with primary care at the same location.

The mental health care system needs revamping, but not to shift blame from gun control to mental health as a way to keep supporters of guns and the NRA happy.

Solving our mental health problem will not put an end to firearm violence. Even with a perfect mental health care system, gun violence would not end. Mass violence stems from many other problems, including environmental and societal issues.

Although many shooters are mentally ill, not all mentally ill people are prone to gun violence. Another common trend in recent shootings dictates many of these shooters purchased guns illegally.

Most people with mental illness are perfectly capable of living healthy, nonviolent lives. The negative stigma attached to mental illness allows for politicians to use it as a means to shift the conversation away from gun control.

On the flip side, politicians are finally paying attention to mental illness, but this only contributes to the negativity concerning mental illness. We changed the mentality of “guns don’t kill people — people do,” to “guns don’t kill people — the mentally ill do.”

This needs to change, and it can as we increase awareness about mental illness and create a dialogue where mental health discussed openly and without judgement.

Mariah Manuel is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Lake Charles, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @mariah_manuel.

LGBT conversion therapy harmful to mental health ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Forty-two years after the American Psychology Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder, the government finally released a report against gay conversion therapy for minors.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration concluded gay conversation therapy can psychologically harm minors because it’s based on the premise there’s something wrong with being LGBT .

“Conversion therapy perpetuates outdated views of gender roles and identities as well as the negative stereotype that being a sexual or gender minority or identifying as LGBTQ is an abnormal aspect of human development,” the authors of the report wrote. “Most importantly, it may put young people at risk of serious harm.”

Really? Making minors with unsupportive parents try to repress themselves is harmful? Thank you for the new information no one with half a brain could conclude.

LGBT minors have some of the highest suicide rates in the nation.

San Francisco State University found LGBT minors rejected by their parents or guardians were eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those accepted by their parents.

They’re also six times more likely to

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report high levels of depression, three times more likely to use illegal drugs and three times more likely to be at risk for HIV and STDs. LGBT minors are some of the most vulnerable people out there. They already feel isolated and different from their peers. Saturating their time with adults who treat them like they have an incurable disease can have devastating effects.

Other minority groups can seek solace with families. LGBT people can’t always do that. My straight parents can’t empathize with me when religious people tell me I’m going to Hell. They don’t know what it’s like to be rejected for something out of their control.

Granted, my parents always support and love me, and the small amount of discrimination I go through as a gay man is nowhere near the problems black Americans face. My point isn’t to belittle the plight of others, but to demonstrate the lack of built-in support.

The report against conversion therapy also found many of the teenagers attempted suicide. Others struggled for years with self-hatred or loss of sexual feelings. These minors are already at risk for suicide and anxiety because of their hostile family environment. Conversion therapy amplifies their mental health problems.

Most psychological organizations are against conversion therapy because being gay isn’t considered a mental disorder.

The APA reviewed some gay conversion cases in 2007 and couldn’t find any person who changed their sexual orientation because of the conversion therapy.

Because psychological organizations don’t approve gay conversion therapy, there aren’t any guides on how to conduct the “treatment.” There’s no standardized metric of success either; conversion “therapists” rely mostly on unsuccessful experimental treatment.

Based on all the evidence, conversion therapy is nothing short of torture. It’s sickening how parents can get away with such psychological abuse in the name of their religion or bigotry.

These youths need therapy, but not for their sexual orientation. They need counseling and psychological evaluations to overcome their abusive parents. Mostly, LGBT youth need a loving home and accepting parents.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 TROGE, from page 1 counting while washing and drying his hands, tapping and knocking and doing activities in numbers divisible by three or four. He also dealt with episodes of depression.

“It was just extreme lethargy, extreme apathy and just not caring about whether I get work done or not and just stay at home and not talk to people,” Troje said. “I would basically shut myself up and try to avoid dealing with the world.”

He went to the Psychological Services Center in Johnston Hall to combat his social anxiety and depression. During his initial appointment, he was evaluated to determine if the Psychological Services Center was the right place for him and attended his first session two weeks later.

The Psychological Services Center places patients into a needbased hierarchy and tries to get everybody in as fast as possible, said center director Tom Davis.

The wait ranges from a few days to two weeks, with higher priority for people in crisis.

The Psychological Services Center, which is affiliated with the Department of Psychology, is a separate entity from the university’s Mental Health Service.

Individuals providing services directly to patients are enrolled in the doctoral program for clinical psychology or school psychology and are directly supervised by psychology faculty.

Davis said the center diagnoses mental disorders and acts as an outpatient clinic but can’t provide emergency or walk-in services.

Patients are not prescribed medications for mental health disorders at the Psychological Services Center but receive talk therapy.

“A lot of research has shown that talk therapy is usually as effective as medication,” Davis said. “The main difference is that as soon as you stop taking the medication you relapse.”

The center protects patient confidentiality from all entities including parents as long as the patient is not a minor. No individual can call the Psychological Services Center as a parent to learn about a patient file without appropriate identification and authorization, Davis said.

If students are unable to pay the center’s $60 evaluation fee and $15 per hour therapy fee, they can seek treatment at the Student Health Center through MHS. SHC fees, including those for MHS, are included in full-time students’ fee bills and are optional for part-time students.

MHS has no official wait list and provides three to four new consultation slots with clinicians at the same time each week for new students to make appointments, said MHS clinical social worker Amy Springer.

“People fall through cracks in waiting lists. We read studies and decided not to do one,” Springer said. “We want people to have more immediate assistance.

My most important job is letting students know their options.”

MHS has 13 full time clinicians and offers around 40 total new consultation slots per week for students. When the new consultation slots get booked out, the next available slot is offered, Springer said.

If students want to be seen before the next opening, Springer said they can speak with the oncall clinician during normal MHS operation hours to receive a referral to another local treatment facility or they can reach out to MHS case manager Mikki Delapp.

Delapp said she sees the students right away or within the week and helps with community referrals.

“My role is linking students to resources whether it’s on campus or off campus and making sure they are able to navigate that system because sometimes that system can be hard to navigate,” Delapp said.

Students who feel intimidated by speaking one on one with a clinician but still wish to learn about managing their mental health can attend MHS seminars as an introduction to the services provided by SHC.

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Troje started therapy at the Psychological Services Center in spring 2015 and said he feels his sessions are better here than they were at Southern Illinois University because the center offers more personal and in-depth treatment.

“I am a much different person six months into my therapy sessions than I was in the beginning,” Troje said.

Troje flew to his birthplace of Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week for the first time in 18 years — just because he could.

He wanted to test himself outside his comfort zone by exploring new territory and meeting new people. He said such a trip would have been out of the question before his therapy at LSU. “I would’ve been too frightened of meeting people and talking to them and not be able to enjoy the city before my therapy,” Troje said. “I had an amazing time.”

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page 7 MENTAL HEALTH, from page 1 stop. Four years later, when depression and anxiety began to pop up again, I remained hesitant to tell my parents and friends.

It took months before I told my best friend. Thankfully, he convinced me to tell my parents and go back to see my doctor last spring. After all the pain from keeping my feelings to myself four years ago, I was still scared to let anyone catch on to my feelings.

I still had the delusion that the sadness would fade and I could fix my issues on my own. There are others who possess the same societal fears I had and to some extent still have.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 44 million American adults experience a mental illness in a given year.

Sixty percent of them do not get help, and 90 percent of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness.

Patrick W. Corrigan and Amy C. Watson explain in the article, “Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness,” the crippling effects public and self-stigma have on mental illness.

Corrigan and Watson found the public views men and women with mental illnesses as dangerous, childlike or weak in character, echoing views purported by the media and pop culture. People internalize the fear that if they

share their problems, the world will turn its back on them.

Thirteen years after the 2002 study, these societal stigmas and internalization of these stereotypes remain. The media, film and music industries slightly increased awareness, but not nearly enough to overpower existing public misconceptions.

I hope those who are scared to seek help realize social tides can change. If more people open up and fight to raise awareness, we can save countless lives.

Now, I’m anxious of what the future may bring, scared to death I’ll lose the people I love when I move on from college and obsessively saddened by the prospect of change.

But I refused to let my insecurities rule my life.

I refuse to let my mind throw me into depressive episodes that control my life. I refuse to buy the stereotypes about mental illness that kept me in the dark, alone and afraid for so long.

Speak up — look out for your friends and family, and let them know you don’t stand by the stereotypes of mental illness. Let them know you are willing to help them get better because while darkness shadows your days now—the sun will rise again.

Justin DiCharia is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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