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Calm in the Chaos: Coping Methods for Teen Anxiety
By: Thanwa Dahab The Silent Storm Inside Anxiety can feel like a storm you can’t escape, like thunder in your chest, lightning striking your thoughts. For many teens, this storm is invisible to everyone else, making it even harder to handle. Today’s teens face constant pressure from academic stresses, social media, relationships, and concerns about…
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Seeing Beyond the Smile: How to Spot Depression in Friends (and Ways to Help)
By: Crystal Cai Introduction Like all human beings, you and your friends will experience a wide range of emotions together: everything from hysterical late night calls to open grief in times of hardship. But have you ever noticed your friend acting increasingly off? Maybe even to the point of worry? Whether it’s beginning to isolate…
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The Summer I Stopped Overusing AI to Save My Mental Health
By: Rwitaja Ghosh It was the night before exams and I was chill. No, it’s not because I had memorized everything—it was the opposite rather. Then how? Because of ChatGPT of course! Such an amazing invention, only making our lives so much better. My phone screen glowed and a notification popped up: “The New York…
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I Don’t Feel Real: Exploring depersonalization and derealization in teenagers
By: Vrishika Mehta Imagine your everyday life, waking up, going to school, studying for a test, joking around with your friends, and so much more. Now imagine it again, but with yourself trapped in a glass box, watching everyone and everything go on around you. But the catch? You’re watching yourself, too, but on autopilot.…
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The Pressure to Be Perfect: Understanding and Overcoming Teen Perfectionism
By: Payton Lee Introduction: The Hidden Struggle Among Teens In a world of social media highlight reels, academic pressure, and rising expectations from parents, teachers, and peers, many teenagers today silently battle a powerful internal force: perfectionism. While striving to do well can be healthy, perfectionism often crosses the line into harmful mental territory, causing…
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From Nerves to Game-Time Confidence: Tackling Performance Anxiety as a Teen Athlete
By: Keshav Subramanian You’ve put in the work: late nights practicing, early mornings lifting, sore muscles, and countless repetitions. You’ve visualized this moment again and again, hoping it all pays off. But when the time finally comes, your breath shortens, your heart races, and a wave of doubt creeps in. Suddenly, you’re questioning everything: Am…
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Looking Back To Look Within: How Existential Philosophies Contribute To Combatting Depression
By: Evan Ommen Introduction: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards” – Søren Kierkegaard This quote by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is a part of the foundational beliefs of Existentialist philosophy. Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the importance of individuality and gives the task to each human to shape…
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Stop the Fraud!
By: Duy Le “Did I really deserve it?” “Yes?” “Maybe?” “I’m not sure…” Especially prominent in teens and young adults, finding solace and contentment with your achievements can be difficult. There is always that lingering feeling of guilt that any accomplishment was not worthy of recognition. Coming from an undergraduate student from the University of…
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