For Kara Brauen, university just isn’t what it used to be. “I’m in hell,” she says while reading a novel for class. The fourth year English major claims that the amount of work required during her senior year at St. Thomas University has resulted in a loss of leisure time; which used to make university [...]
How can we produce graphic stories about war, murder, earthquakes and other catastrophic events but we can’t report the news about a lost soul choosing to end his own life?
I was 18 years old when I was diagnosed with depression. These words are hard for me to write. I’ve always been embarrassed by my depression, afraid of what people will think of me once they find out. Depression isn’t an easy word to say, no matter how many times you say it. The stigma [...]
The crowd hadn’t yet settled into their seats when Mark Henick said: “I was in the eighth grade the first time I tried to kill myself.” The room became quiet. Henick paused for a moment, allowing his opening statement to sink in, and then he introduced himself. Henick’s lecture on depression and suicide is a [...]
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