The Silent Struggle
“I can remember being five years old and not understanding what was wrong with me, just thinking ‘well, I guess this is normal, I guess...
Understanding Depression: A Glass of Water
When it comes to Depression, a person who battles the illness always begins the day with their glass a little filled. A person with...
What It’s Really Like To Be a “Hypochondriac”
When you have a mental illness, you become accustomed to people appropriating mental illness related terms that they may not identify with...
The Constant Stress of Post-Secondary Education
A study conducted in 2013 analyzes the mental health of Canadian post-secondary students, conclusively finding that the majority of...
How Accepting My Mental Illness Changed My Life
For far too long of my adolescent to adult life, I worked hard to portray a falsified image of myself. I hid something that I thought was a...
Basmah El-Aloul and Alyssa Podrebarac: #WellnessWednesday
Our campus celebrities during Her Campus Western Ontario’s Mental Health Awareness Week are Basmah El-Aloul and Alyssa Podrebarac, creators...
Poem: Maggots
Maggots My fears run rampant, maggots in my mind. They’re obsessive and squirming Even when I’m learning, they’re worming through my brain...
“It’s All In Your Head”: An Observation of Mental Illness, Stigmas and Culture
In this article I will focus on the stigmas around mental illnesses, particularly coming from a Congolese background and immigrating to a...