'This weather is so bipolar,' and other ways language hurts
I walk down the street trying my best to be mindful, aware and present. I notice company signs I hadn’t before and catch snippets of intelligent chatter on the street.…Continue Reading →
Understanding and harnessing presentation anxiety
Shaky legs, blushing, quick speech with stuttering, sweaty palms – this is how one student experiences anxiety during school presentations. Samantha Burtch Whitteker is among 2.6 per cent of…Continue Reading →
Surviving, maintaining and healing family relationships
Trigger warning: Suicide, family conflict A particularly bad strain of flu afflicted my family. My mom, who practically never gets sick, lay on the couch next to me, wrapped in…Continue Reading →
The online dating site designed for people with mental illness
Find love on the internet can feel like a recipe for disaster; add a cup of mental illness and it’s a whole other story. Seeing this, Jim Leftwich knew he…Continue Reading →
Is there a relationship between acculturation, culture and mental health?
Canada is a diverse population. In 2011, one out of five people in Canada were foreign-born and another one in five were part of an ethnic minority. The following year…Continue Reading →
As '13 Reasons Why' returns, students reflect on the controversial first season
Trigger warning: This article discusses suicide, sexual assault and includes controversial opinions about those topics. The opinions are those of some interviewees, not those of the magazine or author. Panic…Continue Reading →
The subtle ways stress impacts student health
Post-secondary students know stress can make for a bad time, especially around exams. Yet they may not know just how bad stress can be. Stress can keep you up at…Continue Reading →
Navigating youth mental illness with family
Tracey Addison looks down at her feet. She is standing in a garden outside Sunnybrook Hospital, remembering. “I felt as though we were in quicksand. We couldn’t move fast enough…Continue Reading →
In the language of my discontent
Trigger warning: suicide attempt, death Coming out of the rabbit hole is not easy. It involves motivation, patience, a touch of creativity and one rule: don’t let the Queen of…Continue Reading →
Recognizing education culture and its role in mental health
Trigger warning: self-harm, suicide Elizabeth Baker was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in her first year of university, but it was in Grade six that she first thought about self-harm.…Continue Reading →