My grandma grew up in traditional India, not allowed to get an education because of her gender, always taking care of her family, poster-child of traditional India. So when my mom told me what my grandma requested, to say I was shocked was an understatement.
Read MoreMy decision to do so has nothing to do with religion, morality, or even legality. My reason for not drinking is as simple as I don’t get joy from it, but more importantly because I don’t feel like myself when drinking.
Read MoreLittle did my parents know, I have had a juul since junior year of high school. I became so dependent on it that I would go to the bathroom between practically every class and hit it. I didn’t even even feel the effects of the juul anymore since I would use it so much; it simply became a comfort thing.
Read MoreDisappointment in isolation is more manageable than an onslaught: standardized rejection letters from publications, unexpected grades, let-downs in friendships and relationships, etc. Though the confidence I have in my writing abilities oscillates, I found that writing has always acted as a tether to the beauty and wonder in the world around me.
Read MoreFar and away the most interesting aspect of working on a suicide hotline is the stories we hear. I wish badly to share them with you; it would be the easiest way for you to understand what the hotline is like. Besides, if I were the one reading this article, I’d want to hear those stories, especially if when you hear “suicide hotline,” you picture what I first did: tense middle-of-the-night calls talking people down from the edge.
Read MoreThe relationship between our external and internal environment is very powerful, but there is a disconnection between the two in the medical field.
Read MoreI remember the first time I told my parents I wanted to go to therapy. My immigrant, Indian parents. I remember the confusion, the questions, the hesitation, and (eventually) the approval.
Read MoreNever has someone revolutionized my perspective so completely. She accepted all of who I was, so much so that I started to accept myself as well.
Read MoreWe discover that we’re not alone in what we’re feeling and understand ourselves in a new light.
Read MoreI don’t know what to do with this frustrating phenomenon that occurs within my head every year, I don’t know how to fix it, I just know it happens.
Read MoreThis piece is a collaboration between Alexa Di Luca and Amelia Cacchione, telling two stories of junior year — It’s Okay to Not be Okay and It’s Okay to be Okay.
Read MoreWhat we do right after getting up in the morning shapes how we think, feel and act the rest of the day. It is well worth thinking about how to spend those first few hours of the day.
Read MoreFinding and acknowledging what we truly want out of life can be painfully difficult and requires brutal honesty. What you want, what your parents want, what society wants-those can be completely different paths, but ultimately what matters most is if you are happy with yourself.
Read MoreCan I be both feminine and masculine? Can I see both sides? Flower Boy helped answer that for me. Yes. If Tyler can follow “See You Again” with “Who Dat Boy” than I can paint my nails on Tuesday and play pickup football on Wednesday.
Read MoreDear New Friends,
First, let me say that you are so much more than I could’ve expected from my first year of college. As a shy kid, I expected college to be a constant challenge to make connections, and you made everything so much easier.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago I started a week long endeavor for Mentality. My goal was to draw for 20 minutes every day and see if in any way it affected how I felt on a day to day basis. I felt as though I’d gone back in time to my ten year old self looking at a piece of 8x11 paper wondering how to make something out of nothing, except this time it felt different.
Read MoreI tried not to let my worries show, but some aspects of college terrified me. I had never lived with anyone besides my family and I wasn’t great at conflict resolution, so I didn’t know what having a roommate would be like. I came from a small school that didn’t have a real party scene so I had no clue what my social life would be like.
Read MoreOur whole lives, we have a path carved out for us. Senior year hits and suddenly we need to have everything figured out for the next step of our lives. Students apply to schools with the stress of possibly not getting in, and now, not getting into the most challenging program.
Read MoreThere’s so much in this world that I’m waiting to see. I want to get my own apartment, one with big windows and a small dog. I want to live with someone that I love, not someone I start out loving because I’m supposed to, but someone whom I fall in love with, someone who was a stranger until they weren’t anymore. I want to someday change the world, as impossible as it is.
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