“Wide Awake From a girl that doesn’t read”

                                                                                                                    By: Chidera Reece 

               Many people believe that mental health is for crazy people with psychological problems that need to be put away in a jail and not let out. For a fresh breath, this isn’t enough. I thought the same thing as well, but then reality hit me, especially with COVID. Mental health was always a problem but it was always overlooked even on social media someone could look happy and still be depressed for example me before covid i was type depressed so i took a year break from college because i wanted to get my life together and the pandemic isn’t helping my dad was sick and also my mom was sick. At that time I really took my time reading articles about depression. Helping myself and other family members struggling with the same thing was my goal. 

Looking back at my research on depression I stumbled upon an article “Covid Depression and Anxiety” By John Hopkins – Published on February 14, 2021. It really explained a lot to me for example who is at risk of mental health problems. People with preexisting vulnerabilities to mental or physical health problems are especially at risk. The website confirmed my claim since I had experienced vulnerabilities in the past. When we feel in charge of our condition and that there is something we can do to change it, we gain. People may feel less helpless now than they did at the beginning of the epidemic when more information and prevention techniques, including vaccines, are developed.

In closing I wasn’t much of a reader when I graduated from high school, but as the covid started to happen, I started to read more to figure out why I was acting out in a way I couldn’t comprehend and feeling certain ways.

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