I'm a junior here at St. Joe's. I'm a math major and a computer science minor.
I'm involved with Agape Christian Fellowship as part of the leadership team and I'm an
SI for calculus. College has affected my mental health, mostly my freshman year.
I struggled with anxiety my first semester. I think just like the fast pace of
college and just a lot of new things going on it's hard not to get like
anxious a lot, but I think overall it hasn't impacted me negatively I think
that I've grown from my experience. I would say that I deal with it by
surrounding myself with people who will build me up and encourage me and
realizing that anxiety isn't like my identity and knowing it's just like a
tiny struggle of my life and not like who I am as a person. I've noticed
actually that the younger classes are more like open about their
struggles, which is something that's really powerful. I mean it leads to
change on this campus. I think that they're working to improve like not only
their class but also the classes above them. Just by being open about what
they're struggling with but also helping others around them. I had one math
professor who his name is Paul Klingsberg like you could just go into his office
and talk about whatever. He was understanding and he was trying to help
you as much as he possibly could. And really like the entire math department
is like that which I'm really thankful for but Agape is like the organization that
definitely has impacted me the most. Just because of the type of people they are
and the love that they show. Agape is a Christian Fellowship group at St. Joe's.
It's about like 25 people on a weekly basis. There's usually like worship or a
message and then like fellowship time afterwards and it's just people who want
to grow closer to God but also to one another and impact their campus and
their surrounding community in a way that shows love and kindness to everyone.
The people there have really just encouraged me. So, my relationship with
God has definitely been the strength of any time in my life during, well all of
my life, but like specifically during a mental illness. Just relying on God's
strength and peace is really like the only thing that has kept me going and
knowing that my struggles are temporary and they're not
going to last forever and that's only because of God. It's definitely
encouraged me to grow deeper in my faith rather than for myself from it.
I guess one thing I would say to someone struggling with a mental illness or just
any other struggle in life is to surround yourself with people who get
you and who won't leave you just because you're struggling. Find people who will
build you up and encourage you like I've talked about. Don't be ashamed of the
struggles that you're going through. Being open and vulnerable with other
people and allowing people into your life is something that has impacted me
and I know impacts other people when they're struggling.
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