With Yale’s coronavirus response, I got lucky–which is not something that every student can say. I was allowed to stay on campus, which was good for me. But I know that being allowed on campus was the exception, not the rule. I know that lots of other students didn’t get Read more…
I’ll never forget how nervous I felt during my first YMHC intake appointments. Walking through those doors as a first year student seemed like an admittance of failure, but I knew I needed the care. After facing a four-month waiting period and inconsistent communication with YMHC, the institutional care that Read more…
If I had 500 fewer hours in the school year, the first things to go would be taking care of myself and a lot of unpaid extracurriculars. For example, I am one of the student coordinators of FOOT, which is an unpaid job. I put in a lot of time Read more…
The most obvious way COVID has affected me is that my sister and I had it– my sister for over 100 days, and myself for around six weeks– the whole part of the semester that was online. For the most part, it was fine. I still did all my work Read more…
During the first semester of my first year I found myself bogged down in work, in sleeplessness, and loneliness. It wasn’t until I returned home for break that I realized how unhealthy the first semester was for me—how depressed I was. When I felt terrible, I treated it as a Read more…
Upon arriving at Yale I was immediately bombarded with a slew of mental health resources—there’s The Good Life Center, groups like Hack Mental Health, an undergraduate publication about mental health, and seemingly endless events during reading period to help me relax. While I appreciate the breadth of resources available, it’s Read more…
“A few months into my first year, one of my classmates passed away. We sat next to each other every day in Chinese class and quickly became friends. This was my first experience losing a peer, and I soon realized that the pace of Yale doesn’t give space for students Read more…
Although I am an FGLI student, things at home during coronavirus were pretty stable. But I saw many of my peers struggling to survive during this time, especially with housing instability. Many students during this time were living off of their housing refunds. It’s disappointing how much students have to Read more…
The end of my sophomore year, I went to Yale Mental Health feeling stressed and anxious, after what my intake therapist called a depressive episode. This was a few weeks before the end of the semester and I was told that since there’s usually a minimum two week wait time Read more…
When Yale moved to online classes, many students were left without mental health resources at a time when the need was even greater than usual. During the transition online, Yale failed to find students out of state insured healthcare options, abruptly leaving students without affordable treatment and medication. This burden Read more…