This is not what I wanted to find: My dreams slowly slipping away. Heart and mind perfectly unaligned. Unable to navigate, I turn blind. My body cannot handle how much …
Emma Holland
13 Reasons Why NOT
13 Reasons Why. I’m sure you’ve heard this name before, considering its crazed success on Netflix. The show received both positive and negative feedback and was renewed for a second …
10 Ways to Manage Stress
The never-ending flow of finals, group projects, AP tests, and stress has hit us once again. Although stress can be helpful, it too often overwhelms us. In these stressful times, …
Mental Health in the Music Industry
Mental health continues to be a struggle within the music industry, for the listeners and the artists alike. Many musicians live by “Dancing Through Life,” a song from the musical …
Eye See You
*This short story dives into the mind of an individual who struggles with Schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects one’s ability to think, feel, and behave. They often feel disconnected …
Hanging by a Thread
hanging by a thread: an uncertain state, unlikely to survive or succeed. I wanted to address the issue of self-harm in this piece. This struggle affects those around us and …
If Physical Illnesses were Treated as Mental Illnesses, and Vice Versa
DISCLAIMER: This piece is an example of parallelism, the use of successive verbal constructions in prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meaning, etc. In this case, the purpose of …
What is Mental Illness?: The Invisible Condition
Mental Illness. A term that is becoming more prominent in headlines and the topic in social conversations. But what exactly is it? It is, in most cases, a treatable condition, …