Going Abroad with Anxiety

Students with a history of emotional disorders are advised to consider carefully joining the [program]. Such challenges are inevitably aggravated by the new demands and personal responsibilities of a foreign setting... Recent withdrawals from the Program for psychological reasons including breakdowns and panic attacks, attest to the fact that failure to heed this warning may … Continue reading Going Abroad with Anxiety

Recognition

I don't know what sets it off. One minute I'm enjoying dinner with my friends, squished together in a booth in the dining hall, and the next I'm panicking. I need to leave. Right now. My heart starts beating faster as I'm struck with the thought that I need to be doing something else, anything … Continue reading Recognition