Tagged - Mental Health
beauty
I don’t feel beautiful
I love the idea of body positivity. However, it’s almost impossible to love every part of your body all the time.
FOMO
It’s okay to uninvite yourself
I have major FOMO — fear of missing out. The worst part is, I have FOMO for things I don’t even want to do.
anxiety
Generalized anxiety disorder is not a trend
It could simply be the desire for attention. Whatever the reason, it’s not okay.
ADHD
“You’re gaslighting me!”
How come people spoke so casually about everyone being “a little bit ADHD” when I had to fight and claw my way to a diagnosis?
Mental Health
Navigating the world of online mental health awareness
On social media, a creator describes a list of symptoms that leads them to conclude they have depression. The weird thing is, those symptoms sound a lot like things you experience every day.
burnout
Waving the flag of exhaustion
We’ve grown up in a time when going to college is simply not enough to get a job. There are countless other boxes to check.
Feminism
A Manifesto for ALL Sexual Assault Survivors
We declare that ALL sexual assault survivors ARE survivors, but NOT BROKEN or DAMAGED individuals. They are HUMANS, individuals who…
Administration
The University’s tone deaf response to burnout
These efforts aren’t just unhelpful, but actively mocking the issues students are facing.
COVID-19
Runner responds to student concerns over lunch
On Monday, Nov. 16, 15 students attended a Zoom lunch hour with Jeffrey Runner, Dean of the College in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, to air grievances and ask questions about whatever they wanted.
kearns center
Students reflect on UR’s mental health support
The increased difficulty of the semester in addition to online classes, COVID-19 precautions, and Zoom fatigue, has made burnout a critical issue for many students — especially the FGLI/POC community.
