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Advocating for Your Healthcare Rights as an LGBTQ+ Youth
Advocating for yourself in a medical situation can be nerve-wracking. For young patients in the LGBTQ+ community, the situation can be even more difficult due to the decades of discriminatory practices that have unfortunately plagued the field. LGBTQ+ youth face many barriers to healthcare access, barriers that require advocacy to overcome. Too often, that burden falls on the shoulders of LGBTQ+ youth themselves as they struggle to navigate a healthcare system with a history of discrimination and ignorance of problems faced by a significant portion of the population. If you find yourself in...
Activist Emmanuel Cosmas Msoka from Tanzania is leading by example
Youth perspectives on nutrition
Using the power of creativity to stop mental health stigma
"This too shall pass" - Youth voices against COVID-19
Telling parents what's on our minds
Struggling with your mental health is always hard, particularly opening up about it and trying to put it all into words. For me it was the hardest part to try and talk to people close to me. Trying to explain what I had yet to understand and process was very infuriating. I was scared of being misunderstood and judged. Thankfully my friends were supportive and my parents, although worried, did their best to create a safe space for me. I know it was hard for them too, I would at times need more of their attention and then most of the time I would want them to let me handle it on my own. I have...
The Complexities of Discussing Adolescent Mental Health on Social Media During the Pandemic
Note from the editor: this blogs includes references to sensitive topics that some people might find upsetting, like eating disorders. While the blog touches on key points that can help raise awareness and break the stigma about mental health, some elements may remind you of difficult times you may have experienced in the past. In the past decade, the issue of mental health has moved from a medical discussion reserved for clinical settings, to a more widely discussed societal issue, opening doors to de-stigmatization, increased visibility, and new prevention and treatment options. Mental...
Why I don’t always share what’s on my mind with my parents and what they can do to find out
A Parent’s Guide to Addressing Teen Mental Health
Together We Can OVERCOME Covid-19
*To prevent the spread of COVID-19: #Maintain a safe distance from others, even if they don’t appear to be sick. #Wear a mask in public, especially indoors or when physical distancing is not possible. #Choose open, well-ventilated spaces over closed ones. Open a window if indoors. #Clean your hands often. Use soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand rub. #Get vaccinated when it’s your turn. Follow local guidance about vaccination. #Cover your nose and mouth with your bent elbow or a tissue when you cough or sneeze. #Stay home if you feel unwell. If you have a fever, cough and difficulty...
Meet the Young Warriors supporting their communities in the fight against COVID-19
ADOLESCENCE: THE PIVOTAL STAGE OF LIFE.
Adolescence implies the development period of transition from childhood to adulthood, a time of rapid growing independence, a period when young people can be both admirable and difficult to live with. They are admirable because of their courage, tenacity, their boundless curiosity concerning both about themselves and the world at large, their insistence upon using their mind to correlate what they feel with what they do, their relentless questioning of almost everything that enters their range of vision and their equally relentless demand that their questions be answered. They are impatient...
Stress and how to deal with it
Stress is always one of the biggest enemies for young people at any age. It can be stress before exam, stress before meeting somebody for the first time or other. Especially at this time, when COVID-19 pandemic is still actual, young people suffer from a large amount of stress. In today's blog, I will explain to you more about stress. I will also give you tips on how to reduce it. So first, let's see the definition of stress: Stress is the feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope with mental or emotional pressure. What are signs of stress? - anxious - angry - agressive - sad - frustrated...
How do our relationships impact our mental health?
Raising Mental Health Awareness
It is important to be aware of overall health so we can detect any symptoms and seek medical help when necessary. One spectrum that we need to focus are mental health issues. Nowadays, a mental health issue is one of the biggest problems that everyone faces, including young people. Many people have mental health conditions and some people don't recognize they have a mental health problem cause they don't recognize the symptoms. Some people who have mental health problems are suffering in secret because of the stigma. Raising mental health awareness can help people to understand the symptoms of...
Write it Down
Millions of people suffer in silence every day. This happens because not everyone has someone to talk to or a way to let everything out. But you don't always need a person to help. You can write everything down, on paper or online. If you don't feel comfortable sharing your smallest problems or even the good things that happen, write them down instead. You can rant, share the excitement, and write whatever you need to get the weight off your chest. It doesn’t even have to make sense or be complete as long as it makes you feel better. The moment something happens that I get upset with, or...
Insulin & Purple Hearts
On July 29, Netflix began streaming the movie “Purple Hearts” with Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine as main leads. Recently, I decided to watch the movie, the story takes place at the bar in Oceanside, California, where main character Cassie Salazar (Sofia Carson) works. There she meets Marine Luke Morrow, who is about to go into war for the first time. After fighting about a misogynist comment made by one of Luke’s fellow Marines. Despite disliking each other, they end up getting married spontaneously to each solve their money worries. Since Luke is a Marine, they can split the additional...
What is 'Pain'?
Somebody asked me, What is pain? Is it a feeling? Or what? I asked, Have you ever touched fire? Got a reply, Never! who would like to be fool and hurt themselves? I then said, That's what pain is like! It hurts you! It hurts you from inside, making your outside painful as well! The pain of 'pain' couldn't be measured! And I also advised, World will always be ready to give you 'pain', But you have to remain strong!