anxiety


Me

I’m not sure when or where I lost my voice

Mitta Thakrar
[Image decription: Two hands interlinked with one another.] Via Pixabay

Asking for help does not mean admitting defeat

Shehrbano Naqvi
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Best of The Tempest 2019: Love edition. Here’s what we loved, felt, breathed for

Maheen Humayun

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What it really costs me to put away my phone

Maheen Humayun
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I was in denial, until a stranger in Germany helped me confront my past

Shaima Alterkawi
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This is how it felt to live with severe anxiety – and how I finally won

Anonymous

A Muslim woman is standing in front of a Cathedral wearing a grey hijab, blue coat and top, and black sunglasses. There are two pigeons on her left arm as she is looking up.

Fashion helped revamp my confidence and became my main source of expression

Aisha Sowe
A black and white image shows a young girl. Her knees are pulled to her chest and her hands are pulling at her sleeves as she holds them partially in front of her face. She is looking sideways, glassy-eyed and stoic.

It’s time we stop romanticizing all forms of suffering

Sana Panjwani
A girl sitting on a bed, with her head dropped into her arms while holding a coffee mug.

My mental health is deteriorating in college and there’s no one I can reach out to

Paola Luchsinger

Every New Year I try to get over my anxiety and make plans for the year ahead but it’s hard for me

Mariana Solarte Caicedo

High school social norms CAN end

Modupe Adio

Two simple steps for feeling sane in college and staying that way

Alexa Hope