https://partnews.mit.edu/2015/04/01/vivian-and-bianca-attempt-to-explain-mental-health-at-mit/ Treating newsgathering as an engineering problem... since 2012! Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 https://partnews.mit.edu/2015/04/01/vivian-and-bianca-attempt-to-explain-mental-health-at-mit/#comment-107980 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:47:24 +0000 http://partnews.brownbag.me/?p=6745#comment-107980 I think you both have very valid points! I feel so strongly that no one should feel like they’re the only one having a hard time, but also that no one should feel like they have to sacrifice their happiness on some kind of altar of productivity. Sometimes I just want to take some giant sidewalk chalk and scrawl “It’s OK to need help” or “You’re not alone” over all the sidewalks on campus.

]]> https://partnews.mit.edu/2015/04/01/vivian-and-bianca-attempt-to-explain-mental-health-at-mit/#comment-107831 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:23:32 +0000 http://partnews.brownbag.me/?p=6745#comment-107831 Thanks for the comment! As for the slogan, I really dislike it – I think it indicates that if you aren’t struggling then you’re not “doing it right” and that you should constantly be at your breaking point . Vivian (not to speak for her, she would probably put it more eloquently) think that it highlights the idea that we’re all in this together and that no one individual should feel like they are the only one struggling.

]]> https://partnews.mit.edu/2015/04/01/vivian-and-bianca-attempt-to-explain-mental-health-at-mit/#comment-104857 Sat, 04 Apr 2015 05:11:52 +0000 http://partnews.brownbag.me/?p=6745#comment-104857 Really interesting, and I think this is a topic that could use lots of explaining. I was thinking about mental health at MIT too, and I chose to come at it from a totally different angle. Now I’m curious–what do both of you think about the slogan “We all struggle together”?

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