Almost Derailed by the Pandemic
Last year I was in the spring semester of my junior year at Queens College when COVID-19 shut school down. At first, I was excited that I wouldn’t have to wake up early for class anymore. Then I found out I was getting kicked out of the dorm—which was my home. For the past three […]
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How I Beat My Depression
At the end of 4th grade, my parents divorced. My dad moved into his mother’s house temporarily. My mom, my older sister, and I moved in with her boyfriend and his family, which included his 8- and 6-year-old sons, his mother, his two male cousins, and his 22-year-old brother. At first it was nice to […]
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Making the Best of My Two Personalities
I was aware that I was different from other people from the time I was 5. I have not been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder), and I don’t think I have it. But it feels to me like I have two different personalities, a division connected with abuse that […]
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My Own Stamp of Approval
My first two years of high school, I felt on top of the world. I had a 4.0 GPA. I discovered my love for theater. I made a lot of friends. I was up late studying so I wasn’t sleeping much, but I didn’t mind that. I figured that was a side effect of attending […]
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