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Tag: mental health
Platform Picks: How is entertainment helping us during lockdown?
To coincide with Mental Health awareness week last week and these unprecedented times, the editors here at Platform give you the lowdown on how we…
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“It’s been a mad rush!”: NTU students claim COVID-19 has caused increase in stress
For students at University, the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has been another thing to add to their list of concerns. Many University students who…
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Five tips for looking after your mental health during lockdown
These are unprecedented times that we’re living in so it’s really important to look after your mind and soul. Here are five useful tips that…
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For an old friend by I.V. Moon
As the sun came up We were still awake On the phone, You played me Fur Elise on the ukulele. I cried when I thought…
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Mental health on screen: Distinguishing fact and fiction
Films have the power to affect millions and therefore have a duty to respectfully represent what they show. Mental health on screen is often polarising…
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The Plan by Ishita Sharma
Its seven o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting on the roof. There’s something beautiful and sentimental about the sunrise, rays of lemony shade drop…
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Supporting friends and loved ones with their mental health
Even though mental health and mental illness is a progressively common topic of conversation, in the case of a loved one or a friend who…
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Why traveling is good for mental health
*books next trip immediately * Nothing quite beats the experience of seeing a place for the first time or returning to a favorite one.…
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Fighting mental health in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
After being appointed the Social & Wellbeing officer for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Tom Beckett wants to do things differently, as he aims to make drastic changes…
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