Stories
“I thought someone has to have experienced certain kinds of trauma to get depressed or anxious. So when I got my first panic attack during a class-wide event in my first year at university, the thing I felt most deeply was…shame.”
“Having an eating disorder at my university is weird. Food is integrated into so many aspects of the community that it seems impossible to escape: we eat during feasts, steal the snacks from the office, we get together at events and request funding for snacks no matter the event we are organizing.”
“As a result of my new covid lifestyle – I just feel old. And sad. I no longer jump out of bed but just try to sleep a little more. I can’t remember the last time I felt truly excited, truly alive. I feel low energy and just do not feel like doing anything all day.“
“Sometimes you have no idea what is coming. Somethings just happen all of a sudden. Shit happens and life is uncertain in every regard. And so I think it’s just a good reminder, to say or do the things you don’t want to regret. Even if it’s just saying I love you to someone when they walk out the door.”
“I believe those that have the courage to speak up, should. Those that feel confident speaking up about their story, those that can articulate it in a way that other people can understand, those that have some type of conclusion about what happened to them, should speak up, even if it’s still ongoing. People need to speak up and say: you’re not alone.”