By Justice GravesSenior News Reporter COVID-19 has been a time of pandemic isolation while many states and counties have issued a “shelter in place” order limiting the amount of people allowed in one area. Residents have sheltered themselves in their … Continue reading Mental Health During COVID-19
By Emily GarzaWeb Content Contributor Almost every day of my life, I am overthinking. Most of the time it’s about small things that occurred during the day. How someone said something, what someone posted, the people that are currently in … Continue reading My Mind as an Over Thinker
By Brittany AndersonWeb Content Contributor With another semester underway, it’s normal to dread the inevitable stresses involving classes, deadlines and a laundry list of other responsibilities that will last for months. Naturally, these things might cause you to panic under … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Mental Health
By Hannah WistermanPodcast Producer Welcome to Y’all Take Care, a KTSW podcast series about self care and mental health. We all know we need to take good care of ourselves, especially when we all lead such stressful lives, but there’s … Continue reading Y’all Take Care: Use Your Words
By Constunce Brantley and Tyler TownesPodcast Producers Educated and Highly Melanated is a podcast about what the college experience is. It touches on relationships, social life, school work and how to juggle all of these before stepping out into the … Continue reading Educated and Highly Melanated: The Lover in You
By Hannah WistermanPodcast Producer Welcome to Y’all Take Care, a KTSW podcast series about self care and mental health. We all know we need to take good care of ourselves, especially when we all lead such stressful lives, but there’s … Continue reading Y’all Take Care: Nomaste
By Rikki Yanez Assistant Blog Content Contributor When most people think of addiction they think of an addictions to drugs, alcohol or perhaps gambling. However, many don’t think about the addiction of playing video games. Yeah some can say it’s … Continue reading WHO said, “Video Game Addiction?”
By Chelyse Prevost Blog Content Contributor “We want it to be their responsibility to fix it but that’s not how it works, especially when it’s your heart. Your heart, your life, your happiness is your responsibility and your responsibility alone. … Continue reading Fault Versus Responsibility
By Joyana Richer News Reporter Suicide prevention is a top priority for the Student Health Center, and Texas State University helped raise awareness in an event called “A Walk Towards Hope.” Students, families, and faculty took a walk around the … Continue reading Texas State Walks Toward Hope
By Alexandria Erwin Blog Content Contributor “Sometimes I can’t get out of bed. Not because I’m lazy, or tired. But because I physically cannot get up. I can’t think of anything that would be worth getting up and doing without … Continue reading Depression Is…
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor Mental health conditions among black men has been a topic swept under the rug for many years. But just because something is avoided doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. According to the National Alliance on … Continue reading #IGotYou: Black Men and Mental Health
By Shannon Sampson News Reporter According to the Journal of Counseling and Development, college students are expected to undergo high levels of stress. Managing time, along with personal finances, is correlated with the stress that college students feel. One of … Continue reading Time Management Combats Stress
By DeMornay Harper Blog Content Contributor College life is crazy. It’s so easy to get caught up in the hustle of things especially being constantly surrounded by your peers. It’s honestly difficult not to feel like you aren’t measuring up to … Continue reading You Are More Than Your GPA
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor There are so, so, so many things to get upset about. Midterms are sweeping the campus, natural disasters just keep happening, you miss your family, the neighbor didn’t let his dog come say hi … Continue reading Your Breakdown Survival Kit
By Alexandra Cochran Blog Content Contributor Social media is a 21st century invention and practically a new concept to this world. It’s also proven that social media is a huge distraction and affects the ways that we socialize and communicate … Continue reading Is Social Media Linked to Depression?
By Brittany Robinson Station Manager For the last 15 years, countries all over the world have been celebrating International Men’s Day (IMD). With over 70 countries celebrating the annual event, the objective of IMD is more than just a … Continue reading Mental Health and Gender Roles: An Interview with Conor Yarbrough
By Cain Hernandez Blog Content Contributor Nov. 11. Many of you recognize this date as Veterans Day, a time when we pay tribute to the honorable men and women who chose a path of selflessness over all else. Nov. 19. This less recognizable … Continue reading Veterans Mental Health Should Be Remembered During International Men’s Day
By Jourdan Bazley Blog Content Contributor Imagine your future self as that successful entrepreneur, doctor or film director that you want to be. Now think of all of the ways that you are working to get there. In college, finding your … Continue reading Finding Balance and Inner Peace
By Matthew Harrington Other Side Drive Executive Producer Melissa Johnston and Malik Mingo interviewed Blanca Sanchez-Navarro, an assistant director and LPC-S at the counseling center of Texas State University. They discussed many important topics including suicide prevention, at-risk training, … Continue reading Other Side Drive Discusses Suicide Prevention with the Texas State Counseling Center
By Janessa Rutiaga Blog Content Contributor As college students, we tend to put our grades and GPA before ourselves. We come to class stressed and full of anxiety, and our grades suffer because of this. I fully believe that students … Continue reading Find the Self-Care Routine That Works for You
