Take it step by step with a little faith
©Sofía Álvarez Jurado In 2004, the country group Rascal Flatts released their song Bless the Broken Road. Seventeen years later, I...
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Rochelle Gluzman
Mar 29, 20232 min read
"Eco-anxiety is paralysing"
Sometimes it feels like a mental flu pulling me toward this headspace that’s just an unending cycle of devastation, guilt, and rage....
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Mariana de Abreu
Mar 22, 20232 min read
How the leaves turn and the hearts shatter
It's break-up season! But worry not. We've put together a playlist to help you get through the tough times ahead. ©Illustration by Sofía...
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Sorana Horsia
Mar 15, 20234 min read
Kim Welch: "Making Art is Very Uplifting"
This interview is a part of the 6th issue of our 1/4 Life Crisis Newsletter Sorana Horsia: Why do you like to use art in your therapy?...
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The Elephant In the Room
Mar 8, 20232 min read
When age isn't just a number
I was confused and ashamed. I didn't blame him; I blamed myself for being too scared to explicitly say 'no'. My school friends still hung ou
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Hannah Thorpe
Mar 8, 20234 min read
“I’m Proud that I Tried”: a Testimony on Rejection
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez A year of living with four messy roommates – I’m talking pasta-clogged kitchen sinks and rubbish bins...
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Sofía Alvarez
Feb 22, 20234 min read
Alejandro Núñez: "It's essential not to lose our youth with the hopelessness of not finding a job"
SAJ: On a psychological level, what are the most common reactions/fears that we may feel during that transition? AN: If before the...
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Pablo Castro Salazar
Feb 22, 20234 min read
"I’m happy to be where I am, but I’m much more excited about where I am going"
©Sofía Alvarez Jurado I graduated in the Summer of 2021, but the end of my studies never felt like it had a clear cut-off. Like many, I...
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Mariana de Abreu
Feb 22, 20235 min read
Sorcha Frances Ryder: “Try to Present a Feeling, Social Statements Will Follow”
Sorcha Frances Ryder's photograph My Bedroom As A Depressed College Graduate can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland, usually...
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Sorana Horsia
Feb 15, 20235 min read
Silvia Guță: "What we're actually looking for in our systems of belonging is security"
©Claudiu Popescu SH: How important is the feeling of belonging from a psychological point of view? SG: If we are thinking of the way...
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Andrei
Feb 15, 20232 min read
"One of my biggest fears is loneliness"
We are all looking to belong to a group and find people we can connect with in a profound level. People who we have things in common...
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AD
Feb 15, 20233 min read
"More than medications and therapy, it is love that has often come to my rescue"
⚠trigger warning: this testimony includes references to sensitive topics, such as psychiatric disorders and suicidal thoughts. Proceed at...
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Gabriel Damian
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Creating your own community to fight isolation
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez I moved to the Netherlands from Canada to pursue my studies in Engineering and jump-start my career....
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Amy Thorpe
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Feeling like you belong
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez For many people, the first stage of our lives is characterized by constants. Every weekday, we drag...
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Sofía Alvarez
Feb 8, 20234 min read
"70 days, 90 square meters & 1 lockdown by myself"
I’m in Madrid, in my fourth year of university. Suddenly classes are canceled. No reason to stay all alone in the hostile capital city....
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Maria Falcão
Feb 8, 20237 min read
Battling eating disorders during lockdown
I've always been a healthy person, who ate everything, and thank God I never lacked anything in my life. When my parents separated, I...
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Sorana Horsia
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Mathieu Bellahsen: "Lockdown was an ambivalent experience"
©Combat SH: What are some ways in which teenagers and students were affected during the pandemic? MB: What was problematic about the...
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Mariana de Abreu
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Now can we please talk about Covid?
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez These days, every time I bring up the dark ages of lockdown & Covid I encounter either solar-system-high...
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Sorana Horsia
Jan 29, 20234 min read
"Feeling in tune with life": Kim Welch on the Quarter-Life Crisis
SH: Mental health has become quite a buzzword, but what does it actually entail? KW: I think mental health is just a term that's been...
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Jared Paolino
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Introducing: The 1/4 Life Crisis
The Quarter-Life Crisis is a weekly newsletter bringing you human stories, expert advice, information, and inspiration on mental health.
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