Stories about Active Minds

Learning What Can Help
This post is presented in collaboration with Active Minds, the national organization dedicated to empowering students to speak openly about mental health.

4 Ways We Can Use Social Media to Promote Positive Mental Health
This post is presented in collaboration with Active Minds, the national organization dedicated to empowering students to speak openly about mental health.

6 Healthy Ways to Reduce Stress During Final Exams
Keep your body and mind balanced and ready to tackle those exams with these 6 healthy ways to reduce stress during final exams.

Tips to #StressLess This Exam Season
It isn’t easy to focus on taking care of your mental health in a culture that describes constant productivity as a measurement of success.

How to Talk to Your Professors About Your Mental Health
Here are some tips that I’ve found to be helpful when approaching professors for this kind of conversation.

Advocating for Mental Health While Prioritizing Your Own
This post is presented in collaboration with Active Minds, the national organization dedicated to empowering students to speak openly about mental health.

How Sharing My Mental Health Story is Like Coming Out
This post is presented in collaboration with Active Minds, the national organization dedicated to empowering students to speak openly about mental health.

Managing Wellness During Exam Season
There is no question that college students glamorize all-nighters as a sign of “dedication to school” and “what separates an A versus a B student”. However, this strain could jeopardize your wellbeing and happiness.

How Mental Illness Awareness Week Changed My Life
One gesture and my day was ruined. One phrase and I would shut down. Images would flash to the forefront of my mind. I would stop talking. I would stay silent.

Abandoning Agendas
Sometimes, in order to truly be there for someone, we have to abandon our agenda for their recovery.

What We Would Have Told Maddy
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Back in Session: How to take care of your mental health in the classroom
Welcome back to school, and for the stress that that brings up for so many stigma fighters like us.

My Experience Going to the Emergency Room
While inpatient hospitalization can be scary, it’s also life-saving. I have been in this type of treatment several times after going to the ER and being evaluated. Each time has been different, but each time I learned something valuable.