Back to School Blues Written by Alejandro Neufeld As we enter another fall semester, many students, myself included, will find that as the days get shorter and assignments start to pile up, our moods shift from optimistic to pessimistic. The things that fill us with joy and excitement during the summer cease to do so in the fall, and the bad things in our lives dominate our thoughts. Many of us feel like we are alone in this, but take heart; it is a campus-wide struggle. It even has a name, seasonal depression. Or, if you prefer a more technical term, Seasonal Affective Disorder, abbreviated as SAD. But what exactly…
Turns Out I Don’t Hate Addictions Counselling By: Laura Oviedo-Guzmán Years ago (wow, “years”), I started the Addictions Counselling program on the advice that it would “help me get into grad school easier.” At the time, I wanted to pursue a Master’s degree to become a private practice therapist. So, when a professor who had hired me as a research assistant stated this, I took it as a sacred decree. Big mistake. Big. Huge! Or at least I thought for the two middle years of my program. Most recently, I’ve become largely neutral about it. Call it senioritis–’cause I’m just interested in finishing my last semester without burning out–or maturing,…
