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How I was Bullied into my Best Self

For years, I have had issues with loving myself. My insecurities developed while I was still in elementary school. In third grade, a girl bullied me because I was the only African American girl in the study, and I was...

What I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self

Everyone goes through that one super awkward year as a kid where you wish there weren’t photos to prove it ever happened. Well, for me, that one awkward year was more like five. In middle school I was this shy,...

Rating Anxiety Relief Tools on a Scale of 1-5

When I was in my junior year of high school, I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. For years, I had always exhibited common behaviors of anxiety, such as excessive worrying, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, panic attacks, etc. However, when I...

Mental Health: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

My high school experience was an emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes, I would feel like I was on top of the world, able to accomplish anything I set my mind to. Other times, I felt hopeless and unmotivated, as if the world...