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When I arrived at college, I was very scared. Anxious thoughts circled my mind: What if people don’t like me? What if I can’t make any friends? What if I was going to be totally alone? Freshman orientation did little to ease my fears. While others seemed to easily find friends and form friend groups, […]
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CW: Mentions of suicide. We rely on construction workers to provide the infrastructure we use daily. Behind every building and road is a hard hat and a vest. In the United States alone, over ten million adults work in construction (IBIS World). However, a silent crisis urgently demands our attention: the alarmingly high rates of […]
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CW: Detailed discussion of medical treatments, medication, and depression. When I was 12, I started feeling depressed. Because it is a deeply chemical issue, it has never been meaningfully resolved. In short, my psychiatrist was sick of seeing me. After trying 8 medications with no positive effects, I finally found one that helped. It completely […]
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Last October, I was sitting in my dorm room when intense stabs of pain suddenly lit my stomach like a camera flash. My stomach pounded while I called an ambulance. When the firemen arrived, I could barely get out of bed without collapsing and quickly vomited. After several ER visits and a hospital stay, I […]