Mental Health Awareness Month: Life is better beyond your stigma
Cameron Opartkiettikul/Staff
To me, taking antidepressants felt like cheating. It felt like taking the easy way out. I wanted to make myself happy through my own willpower.
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How and why you should check in on your friends more often
It is so incredibly easy to feel lonely and lost during these times. Here’s why you should take the time and effort to check in on your friends every once in a while.
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Being me, shamelessly
Off the Beat
The effects of living in a society full of judgment for mentally ill people don’t go away just because you know something shouldn’t be the way it is.
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How quarantine helped me reconnect with my family
The indoor solitude inspired me and my family to self-reflect, to come to terms with hard truths and to revive our connection to one another in a way I never thought I’d see.
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UC Berkeley’s mental health pandemic cannot be overlooked
CAMPUS AFFAIRS: Administration must create measures to support UC Berkeley community’s mental health, on campus and off
A second, silent pandemic of mental health harms has stomped on student wellness. And with a fully online semester looming, these worries will only worsen.
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Just dance: Use your extra time to groove
If you are in a bit of a rut and are looking for a proactive and fun way to spend some of your extra time this summer, our groovy suggestion is to dance!
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Carrie Fisher: More than a general or a princess
One of the most famous “Star Wars” actors is Carrie Fisher. Along with her success as an actress, Fisher was a mental health advocate for decades.
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Ruth Hogan brings delight, magic with ‘Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel’
Hogan’s diction throughout the novel is wonderfully refreshing and creative, with innovative, tongue-in-cheek metaphors.
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Crazy internet lady
Pop Vulture
Let’s talk women in lunacy. They’re the illuminating symbol, the plot engine and the throughline for all that’s wrong and scary about the world.
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Fostering happiness
Off the Beat
I can honestly say, however, that my biggest lifesavers were a set of three helpless foster kittens.
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