More in The Silent Struggle
As the semester grows shorter, students’ to-do lists grow longer. Some students can feel overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of responsibilities ahead of them: classes, homework, projects, extracurriculars, all while juggling a constantly-evolving social life.
Normally, this is where a spoiler alert would be, but that type of warning would imply that the reader should watch the show at hand.
On Oct. 29, 2016, Kent State sophomore kicker Shane Hynes made a 35-yard field-goal as time expired to give the Kent State football team a 27-24 victory over Central Michigan University.
In early April, the School of Theatre and Dance hosted a three-day festival that showcased completely student-run productions, covering a range of subjects. The festival featured four plays. The first three included everything from musicals to comedies — it even had a small one-act play abou…
I was 5 years old when I first thought the world would be a better place without me. I was 5 years old when I decided that I did not want to be me anymore. I didn’t want the burden of being inside my own brain and I surely didn’t want anyone else to feel the burden of knowing me.
On the night of the election last November, Kent State junior political science major Haley Foster went to sleep before the results were broadcast across the nation, with the states on the map turning blue or red as the votes were counted.
My own illnesses consist of depression and anxiety — I want to be upfront and candid about them.
Anxiety isn’t just excessive worrying, and it’s not easily described as it appears in pieces titled something like “Top 10 Things People with Anxiety Want You to Know.” Neither is depression or any other internal struggle.
At 19 years old, junior zoology major Natalie Selavka is a passionate animal lover.
More than 40 percent of college students experience anxiety and more than 35 percent experience depression, according to the American Psychological Association.
For some people, the mental health statistics of the LGBTQ community is a number they’ve heard in passing.
Over the past decade, taxpayers across Summit County have shouldered an increasing share of mental health funding while state dollars have sharply declined.
Since September 2013, there have been 33,332,285 texts into the national Crisis Text Line at 741-741. Texts about anxiety, depression, family issues, self-harming, and suicide are answered any time of day by a volunteer crisis counselor, at no charge to the texter.
Social media usage appears to be a factor in the mental health of 18-to 24-year-old adults and is increasingly becoming a part of the equation for the rate at which they develop disorders and seek out services.