{"id":46132,"date":"2022-01-31T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=46132"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:38:11","slug":"how-i-take-care-of-my-mental-health-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2022\/01\/31\/how-i-take-care-of-my-mental-health-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW I TAKE CARE OF MY MENTAL HEALTH AT UNIVERSITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I have a bad mental health day far away from home, the thing I miss the most is comfort. Being surrounded by familiar things and places always helps me. At university, I sometimes feel like I am far away from comfort. So, over the three years I spent at this university, I found a couple of places and things that bring back this sense of comfort and<\/span> safety around me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I go to a couple spots at <\/span>the university when I have really bad anxiety just to have a corner to myself where I can find calmness. I also attend a few workshops when I feel like talking to somebody. At university, there are a lot of resources for the mental health of students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I have a rush of anxiety out of nowhere, I find comfort in the libraries at U of T. I sometimes go to the 10th or 11th floor at Robarts and find myself just walking around the books or sitting near a bookshelf. It's really quiet and I am surrounded by the thing I love most- books. I play some music over my airpods and just hangout there. The beautiful aesthetics of the UC libraries also help me relax and I grab a corner table where I can just do some work and unwind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the CLNx<\/a> website, there are some really great workshops that I attend when I feel like I need to talk to someone. Some of my favorite ones are the Virtual Accountability Check-Ins<\/a> and ADHD group sessions<\/a> . This week, in support of\u00a0 mental health, there is ASD Peer Connections for Women & Trans Students<\/a>, Pathways to Wellnes<\/a>s and a workshop on How Identity Impacts Learning<\/a>. These particular workshops will help guide students on how they can find comfort with whatever problems\/ issues they are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, Health and Wellness<\/a> at U of T provides support with mental health resources<\/span>, counseling sessions from a licensed therapist and Peer Connections. Health and Wellness also offers same day appointments. As a part of your university health insurance, students are also covered up to $1500 worth of therapy sessions from a private clinic\/ registered <\/span>psychologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many resources provided by the University, I found that I just needed to dig a little and find what provides me comfort here at university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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