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I’ve dealt with anxiety for most of my life. Starting at the age of nine, I remember experiencing my first panic attack before I even knew there was a word for such an awful feeling. Fast forward to the fall semester of my sophomore year at CSUN, I remember waking up one morning feeling as if there were pins and needles stabbing my body. I was both too hot and too cold, which caused me to shake uncontrollably. Taking a deep breath was impossible because it felt as though my chest was being crushed. At this moment I was convinced I was dying because I’d never felt this type of anxiety and I didn’t know why it was happening. I was used to small episodes that I could deal with if I took myself out of the situation that was causing it, but this time it didn’t work because escaping my mind was not possible. I would sit in my classes during that semester counting down the minutes until they were over because I felt the walls closing in on me, and this didn’t stop for another three months. During this time I was overwhelmed from both school and my personal life, and it left me thinking everything was out of control. Looking back now I realize how bottling up my emotions and staying silent about my problems made the situation worse. Once I started leaning on other people, opening up and taking myself out of toxic environments, my mental health slowly started getting back on track. I emphasize the word slowly because it’s a long process to learn how to deal with your own anxiety, not to mention that I still have set backs. Working at The Sundial as Editor-in-Chief comes with a lot of pressure and I will admit I still experience breakdowns, but now I know how to handle them in a healthier way and know when to take a step back if things get to be too much. Our Mental Health issue begins with our cover story about the Hilinski family and their organization dedicated to creating a space for student-athletes to open up about their mental health after losing their son Tyler to suicide at 21 years old (pages 6-7). We have an opinion about the implication of mental health and academics among first generation students (page 8) and a feature that dives into the impact of cyberbullying (pages 10-11). Our digest page discusses how mental health is depicted in literature (page 9) and we have a curated playlist of songs that will help you relax (page 4). The feeling of being trapped inside your own mind and wanting nothing more than to just not be scared and anxious is something I understand too well. Anxiety and depression don’t simply disappear, no matter how hard you try to escape it. Finding the right treatment for yourself and being patient with yourself and others that suffer from these issues is vital. Remember to check in with others and yourself and find the support you need when life gets to be too much. Thank you,
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CONTENTS
“Tunes to Relax Your Mind” Page 4
Ivan Salinas
Here is a set of student-suggested songs to enjoy when you want to relax.
“Literature & Identity” Page 9
Deja Magee
A look at novels through the decades that touch on depression, psychiatric treatment, suicide and writers’ personal experiences.
“The Community That’s Fighting Cyberbullying” Pages 10-11
Gillian Moran-Perez
A look into cyberbullying and how a community center deals with it.
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MENTAL HEALTH at a glance
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE U.S.
By Gillian Moran-Perez
44 MILLION ADULTS LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
DEPRESSED YOUTH SEEKING TREATMENT 505,000
42.5 MILLION ADULTS LIVING WITH AN ANXIETY DISORDER
Receive treatment
ADULTS LIVING WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION
17.3 MILLION
1,800,000 Do NOT receive treatment YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION
3.1 MILLION
9.8 MILLION
DEPRESSED ADULTS SEEKING TREATMENT
ADULTS STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
9 MILLION
3.1 3.1 MILLION YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION
Report they try to get mental health treatment but they can’t receive it
10.4 MILLION Other 1.1 MILLION YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
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8.9 MILLION 6.8 MILLION
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Youth have private health insurance that does not cover 4 mental or emotional problems
SCHOOL COUNSELORS 3.9 MILLION
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Suicide accounted for $50.8 million of fatal injury cost in 2017
830,000 Latinx
African Americans
LGBTQ+
Asian American/ Pacific Islanders
Native Americans
MENTAL ILLNESS IN UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS
SUICIDE IN THE U.S.
10th
250:1
2.2 MILLION
Americans are uninsured
There were more than twice0 as many suicides (47,173) in the United States as there were homicides (19,510)
24.6 MILLION
Report they try to get mental health treatment but they can’t receive it
OVERALL LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
2nd
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGES
10-34
4th
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGES
35-54
Recommended counselor to student ratio
663:1
Average counselor to student ratio
708:1
California’s counselor to student ratio
905:1
Arizona’s counselor to student ratio
Sources: Mental Health America, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and American School Counselor Association
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Between the Bars The Civil Wars
Under the Light
All Day Long
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Fleece
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Included in the indie rock band’s sophomore album “Voyager,” Fleece’s “Under The Light” is an adequate intro to set the listener in a state of deep relaxation. Carried by a melody of soft acoustic guitar chords, a soulful rhythm and psychedelic keyboards, it creates a bright colorful set of images for the listener. Like its title, this song is best to play during a day out at the park under the light — preferably sunlight. With lyrics that contemplate time and solitude, the Montreal band excels in their poetic and music composition.
This duo, composed of Joy Williams and John Paul White, did an acoustic ballad cover of Elliot Smith’s song, which touches on one of the ways many of us cope with stress. “Drink up with me now / And forget all about the pressure of days,” the second verse of the song says. From the perspective of a romantic narrator urging someone else to have a drink, the voice in this sad tune embodies a feeling of pain. It could be interpreted as a way of showing the addictive and painful nature that comes with drinking alcohol. Though it is not an uplifting topic, it is a song that should make the listener more mindful of their coping mechanisms to deal with stress.
Chance the Rapper Submitted by: @eliii.gz
Chance the Rapper couldn’t have been more thankful after releasing his debut full-length LP this year. With this song, he shares the same feeling of happiness with his listeners, specially since his album was well-received by audiences. Here, Chance expresses gratitude to some people in his past and God, as his gospel influences are notorious in his music. A family-friendly song, this song gives listeners a boost of energy, and hopefully it is a reminder for us all to be thankful for what we have.
TUNES TO RELAX YOUR MIND By Kayla Fernandez
On our Instagram story this past week, we asked students what they listen to after a stressful day of class. From mellow hip-hop to soft, melodic indie songs, here is a set of perfect songs to enjoy during your self-care session of the day. In My Life
The Boxer
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Simon & Garfunkel
The Beatles
“There are places I remember / All my life though some have changed / Some forever not for better / Some have gone and some remain / All these places have their moments / With lovers and friends, I still can recall / Some are dead and some are living.” The simple words from the 1965 classic song, “In My Life,” become more true as we look back at our younger years the older we get. With the highs and lows of life itself, it is impossible not to enjoy the journey of our lives since it is shared with some of the best people that have helped our growth or loved us back. If there is one thing The Beatles’ timeless music shows, it is the value of love for life itself.
Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons
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“Whatever It Takes” — a phrase that we are most familiar with and utter when we want something to happen. The uplifting driving force of the song is a staple in the sound of the American pop-rock band that rose rapidly into stardom. It highlights the motivational energy needed to accomplish herculean tasks. The lyrics show this mindset as a liberating force: “I do whatever it takes / ‘Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains.” A long day at school or at the workplace can make us feel trapped but when we find our passion, nothing stops us from pursuing it.
The unforgettable ‘60s duo shares the story of a man overcoming poverty and loneliness in New York City in this track. Accompanied by a soft acoustic guitar melody and brief intervals of drums that sound like whiplashes, it is a struggling journey for the boxer. The song could be taken as a metaphor of the resilient nature within us. It is needed in order to overcome the battles we are bound to lose or when we are beaten by the gloves. “The fighter still remains,” as the lyrics say. It’s difficult to stand strong when life beats you down, but it is moments like these that force you to be mindful of the path you’re choosing to live.
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AFTER DEATH OF SON Mental health has a lasting effect on athletes, one that is hard to see until it’s too late.
By Andres Soto / Photography courtesy of Hilinski’s Hope The Hilinski family had their world flipped upside down on Jan. 16, 2018 when they lost their son Tyler to suicide at 21 years old. Tyler, a Claremont native and star quarterback at Upland High School, was set to be the starter for Washington State that season. Tyler’s death came as a particular shock to the Hilinski family, as he had returned from a family vacation in Cabo San Lucas just days earlier and did not show any signs of depression or other mental health problems. The family was left searching for answers in the wake of tragedy. “He didn’t have all the problems that you would normally associate with suicide or mental illness on the outside,” Mark Hilinski, Tyler’s father, said. “But now he’s dead. And so what did he do, did he cry himself to sleep at night? He didn’t wake up one morning completely fine the last day, and wake up and decide to die that day.” Although the Hilinskis were stricken with grief, they decided they would do two things to honor their son’s memory: to never forget about Tyler and to do three things every day in his honor and name. They founded Hilinski’s Hope, a nonprofit that is dedicated to raising awareness and reducing the stigma around mental health and student-athletes. Hilinski believes that many athletes, like Tyler, have been suffering in silence and are afraid of speaking up because of the fear that they will be treated differently. “I think there’s a genuine fear among athletes that the thing they love the most, the sport that they love the most, might be taken away from them if they share that they’re suffering,” Hilinski said. But what is the reason for this fear? Hilinski suggests that it’s due to the competitive nature of athletes. Everybody — from tennis players, swimmers, track athletes, football players to basketball
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players — is constantly under pressure to be the best. They may feel that if they open up about something that is bothering them, it will be used against them and viewed as a weakness. Hilinski’s Hope is trying to combat that by openly talking to studentathletes and making them feel safe and comfortable enough to speak up. “We’ve got to ... let these athletes know that their value is not just on the court,” Hilinski said. “Their value is the person.” The organization does this by visiting campuses and giving a 45 minute presentation, where they share Tyler’s story and the silent struggle with mental health that led to his death. The goal, according to Hilinski, is to show the athletes that what happened to Tyler could happen to them or one of their teammates. According to Hilinski, 20% of studentathletes experience some form of mental illness in their four years of college. The NCAA Sports Science Institute mandates that all member schools should have a sports psychologist on campus, but fewer than 40 Division I schools do. In January of this year, Hilinski’s Hope partnered with the NCAA to help implement programs that would help student-athletes, which includes their presentations around the country in an
effort to prevent the next Tyler-like story. “We’re not mental health practitioners and we’re not doctors, but I think Tyler might have had a better chance if he heard a story about a teammate or a fellow student-athlete that died by suicide,” Hilinski said. “He would have a slightly better chance of telling his family that he’s sick, he’s hurt. Or if he’s unable to do that, his teammates might recognize the very subtle signs and symptoms.” Although they have presented at schools such as UCLA, Oregon State and the University of Texas, Hilinski does not find his work rewarding. “A minute doesn’t go by we’re not thinking about Tyler,” he said. “You realize the only reason you’re talking in front of the UCLA football team is because Tyler died. That’s a ridiculous price to pay to give somebody else the chance to get better, but it’s the second best thing we can do.” He does take some solace, however, in the amount of people who have reached out to him via social media, email, letters and phone calls and let him know that they decided to seek help after hearing Tyler’s story. He takes comfort in the fact that people are listening a bit closer. Although they have lost Tyler, he lives through his family and Hilinski’s Hope. He lives through the athletes that have heard his story and decided not to take their own life. He lives through hope. It doesn’t make the Hilinskis’ pain go away, however. “Sadly, we both (Tyler’s mother, Kym, and Mark) cry ourselves to sleep most nights. Tyler died 21 months ago. I don’t feel any better today than I did that night,” Hilinski said. “What I’m learning to do is live with it because I have two other kids and a wife that need love and support, food on the table, high fives after a football game and that kind of stuff. You just have to work extra hard to bring your best self that day.”
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FAMILY VS. ACADEMICS When students have to decide between family and study time
Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado Assistant Professor of Psychology at CSUN
Throughout my undergraduate studies, I experienced what the student above experienced quite often. There were days that I would go to family events and other days when I could not. In fact, this type of situation happened on my very first day of college. My sister was moving to Arkansas for her graduate studies and I was moving into the dormitories to begin my studies at CSUN. I was so disheartened that I could not attend her farewell barbecue gathering. Though I felt this immense turmoil inside, my sister did accompany my parents and I on the drive from Oxnard to Northridge, California. As I think back, that helped harmonize the situation because it enabled me to spend a
bit more time with my sister even though I couldn’t attend her farewell gathering. It wasn’t until I began my graduate studies at UCLA that I realized I had experienced a phenomenon that I term, “homeschool cultural value conflict” — conflict between interdependent family obligations and independent academic obligations. I conducted interviews with Latinx first-generation college students (i.e., students whose parents did not attend college) and discovered that these conflicts occurred quite often, as all had reported experiencing them. They also varied in form; for example, sometimes they involved family events or visiting family, and other times students felt caught between wanting to help their family and focusing on their academics. Latinx first-generation college students felt these conflicts impacted their subjective sense of health, particularly their mental (e.g., emotionality) and physical health, as well as their academics (i.e., inability to concentrate or study, poor grades.) I later conducted an experiment and found that these conflicts
causally disrupted students’ ability to control their attention (Vasquez-Salgado, Ramirez & Greenfield, 2018). I also conducted a survey and discovered that one of the main reasons why Latinx students experience these conflicts is because many are first-generation college students. Thus, Latinx students aren’t the only ones experiencing these conflicts. This finding is supported by a larger concept called cultural mismatch — a mismatch between students’ interdependent values learned at home and the independent or individualistic values of the university environment. Research conducted by Nicole Stephens and colleagues has shown that among first-generation college students, cultural mismatch causes a heightened stress response (via an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone in our bodies) when placed in a challenging situation, as well as poorer performance on academic related tasks. Continuing-generation college students, students whose parents have college degrees, were unaffected by cultural mismatch. You might be reading this
and resonate with some of these experiences or, like me, identify as a first-generation college student. Please know that there are ways you can work towards harmonizing your home and academic cultures. One way is to work towards finding interdependence or collectivism at your school. This can take different forms for you. You can join a study group, a club or organization on campus, attend events from time to time or engage in community service that is in partnership with the university. In my own research surrounding conflict between family and academic obligations, students have said that talking about conflicts made them feel better as well as maintaining an organized schedule. As I reflect back on my own journey, I actively engaged in all of these techniques.
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A look at novels through the decades that touch on depression, psychiatric treatment, suicide and writers’ personal experiences.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
In the world of entertainment mental illness has been a topic for numerous works of art, such as films like “Lars and the Real Girl” or “Black Swan.” However, in contemporary literature, writers like Ned Vizzini and Sylvia Plath have taken their stake in the depiction of mental illness as a real, visceral and tangible issue that needs to be addressed.
Ned Vizzini
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
Beloved
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Toni Morrison
A classic that was adapted into a memorable movie starring Jack Nicholson, this book takes place in a psychiatric hospital in Oregon. It is narrated by a Native American patient (who others presume is mute and deaf) named “Chief ” Bromden, who observes the actions of another patient, Randle Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy is a rambunctious man who fakes his own insanity to get out of a gambling charge. The topic of mental illness comes out through Bromden’s narration that delves into the processes of the psyche as well as making a statement on the civil rights issues that were going on at the time. For example, Bromden suffers from clinical depression and schizophrenia after seeing his father, a Native American chieftain, get humiliated by the U.S. government.
A gruesome tale about slavery, motherhood and trauma intertwines in the narrative of “Beloved,” the 1987 novel written by Toni Morrison. Set in the years after the Civil War, the novel tells of Sethe, a woman who is a former slave, who kills her youngest child because she would rather kill her children than have them be subjected to slavery. The house that Sethe inhabits is then haunted by the malevolent spirit of her dead daughter, who Sethe becomes obsessed with, to the point of neglecting the rest of her living children. The novel depicts what kind of harsh horrors were alive during slavery, and how the intense trauma can give a person enough post-traumatic stress to commit a mercy killing.
Ken Kesey
A novel primarily from the real-life accounts of Sylvia Plath, “The Bell Jar” is a narrative that balances the line between truth and fiction, and dives into Plath’s own descent into mental illness. The protagonist goes through clinical depression or bipolar disorder. Like other books from the ‘50s and ‘60s on this list, this novel looks at electroshock therapy as a way to “fix” patients. Plath eventually succumbed to her own depression, having committed suicide on Feb. 11, 1963.
Based off author Ned Vizzini’s own bout of depression that forced him to be hospitalized, the novel follows the protagonist Craig Gilner, a 15-year-old boy who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Once Gilner gets admitted into a high-profile school noted for its academic standing, he soon falls into a stress-filled state causing him to develop an eating disorder, suicidal ideation and erratic sleeping habits. After being prescribed Zoloft, Gilner seems to think his depression is “fixed” and throws away his medication, but his depression continues to build until he is admitted into a psych ward for treatment. Though the book ends on a happy note with the protagonist leaving the hospital feeling better, Vizzini committed suicide on Dec. 19, 2013, only seven years after the book’s publication.
Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen
Tackling the issue of Borderline Personality Disorder, Susanna Kaysen chronicled her experiences as a young adult in a psychiatric hospital. The structure of the book doesn’t follow a conventional straightforward storyline in order to demonstrate the protagonist and her disorder. The novel also depicts depersonalization, like when Kaysen experiences disassociation after a traumatic experience where she bit her own flesh open.
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FIGHTS BULLYING A look into cyberbullying and how a community center deals with it.
By Gillian Moran-Perez / Photography by Joshua Pacheco Instagram recently released a new feature that “Restricts” certain followers from making aggressive comments on their posts. Instead of blocking or reporting them, users can restrict the follower by swiping left on the comment, via the Privacy tab in Settings, or on the person’s profile. The “Restrict” feature is intended to protect users, understanding that not everyone wants to block or report the bully. As stated by Instagram’s Info Center on their website: “Bullying is a complex issue, and we know that young people face a disproportionate amount of online bullying but are reluctant to report or block peers who bully them. Restrict is designed to empower you to quietly protect your account while still keeping an eye on a bully.” The “Restrict” feature was enabled in the beginning of this month, which coincidentally happens to be National Bullying Prevention Month. About 59% of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, according to the Pew Research Center. Cyberbullying affects 15% of 12 to 18-year-olds, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The numbers report the problem, but communities like the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center are the people who deal with the problem. “Bullying has been around always. With social media it increases significantly because
people can bully others but do it from behind their computers or phones,” said Michelle Wells, director of child and adolescent services at SFVCMHC. Wells oversees programs that serve children and transitional age youth, between ages 16 to 25, offering different services for their mental wellbeing. Their efforts to serve people who have been bullied come in different parts: a Bullying and School Violence Advocacy group, their 24-hour hotline 1-866-Be-AHERO, and presenting to their community’s educators and parents about bullying and how they can put a stop to it. Recently, one of their members, Karyna Gonzalez, went on Spectrum News 1 to talk about the hotline and the calls she deals with in response to a recent suicide by a 10-year-old girl from Santa Ana, which was rumored to be caused by online bullying. Wells says that there’s a trend in bullying — it’s happening at a younger age where more elementary and middle schoolers report bullying compared to the past where it was mainly high schoolers. According to a 2017 report from the National Center for Education Statistics, more 6th to 8th graders are bullied at school than 9th to 12th graders. Recent updates to the Safe Place to Learn Act has been proposed by Assembly Bill 2291 that requires local education agencies in California to
Marci Kass, Director of Development at San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center.
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Michelle Wells, Director of Child and Adolescent Services at San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center.
adopt bullying prevention procedures by Dec. 31, 2019, including prevention procedures that would also focus on tackling cyberbullying. Even though there are more laws that are being passed to protect children and adolescents from being bullied, Wells says that cyberbullying is too hard to control. “The impact of bullying — attacking the person, how they look, what they say — creates a lot of trauma and is very traumatic, causes depression, impacts a person’s self-esteem, anxiety ... (and) relationships with family and friends,” Wells said. “The intent of bullying is to attack the person in some way.” But it’s Wells’ job to advocate for those affected by bullying. SFVCMHC has helped families who were not receiving a response from their school or administrators about bullying prevention. There have also been times where members of the organization have gone with parents to the school districts to resolve bullying issues. She says it’s their job to educate the community, not leave anyone behind. Marci Kass, Director of Development, says that a lot of their clients are on
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Some of the pamphlets used to educate the public on ways to combat bullying.
services, links to insurances, services for the homeless, employment opportunities for their clients and field base work on educating the community on mental health services. They go beyond looking at the trauma a person has as they look into “whole person care,” making sure their clients receive sensitive and supportive training no matter what they’ve gone through.
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