Mental Health 2018

These perspectives are only a slice of the full scope of student mental health, but they are a part of the larger conversation that needs to be had on these topics.

Mental illness, regardless of how hard my friend fought back, made her feel like she wasn’t in the driver’s seat of her own mind.

As I sat on the steps of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union watching students troop in and out of the empathy tent, I wondered about what kinds of mental health issues were being covered.

Beyond UC Berkeley’s own efforts to address the mental health issues on campus, Reddy sees his YouTube channel as a way to positively impact his peers, viewers in general and himself.

In the midst of midterms, club meetings, problem sets and more, UC Berkeley students sometimes struggle to find a moment to relax. Even just identifying a quiet place among bustling crowds can prove to be a challenge.

Every morning, I recite to myself like a prayer, “You are strong, you are worthy, you are wonderful and you deserve to exist. You have overcome so much — you cannot let them win.”

In light of student demands for improved mental health care services, University Health Services, or UHS, has taken multiple measures within the past few years to improve its mental health care services.

With midterms, projects and quizzes galore, we often forget to take healthy breaks and make sure we don’t burn ourselves out. Channeling our inner imaginators is an excellent way to ensure we give ourselves the care we need to keep on keeping on.

These projects are student-led and reflect the wide range of wellness-related needs of the student body.

The word “focus” has haunted me for my whole life. Just as I write this article, I have had to refocus my thoughts at least 10 times. Every distraction poses a new challenge.