self-care
SFU should follow in Oregon’s footsteps and grant mental health absences to students
October 12, 2019By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer For students suffering with mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, university — and life in general — can be extremely overwhelming. As someone with an anxiety disorder, there have been multiple days when I wished that time would just stop so that I could breathe for a minute. For students like myself who find they also need a much needed break, school-sponsored mental health days can help. A new state law passed in Oregon allows students “up to five excused absences within a three-month period” for mental health-related reasons. Rather than simply skipping school and…
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Long story short: I learned to make friends with my future self by putting me first
July 16, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Spring terms have usually been pretty shitty for me. School stress, combined with the wrath of allergy season, has typically led to burnout detrimental to both my physical and mental health. Ironically, during the spring…
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De-stress before the test
October 18, 2017Self-care is taking care of yourself the same way you take care of the important people in your life. It’s doing things that are good for you, whether it be physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, or anything else. When exams and…
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The importance of self-care
June 22, 2015As I have a few more days off than I normally would this summer, I’ve been trying to keep every week busy. On one hand, it has been great to reconnect with friends and volunteer, but on the other, it…
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