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The tension behind junior Shristi Nadkarni’s eyes can be seen as tears stream down her cheeks. Struggling with depression for the past two years, Nadkarni has worked hard to learn how to love herself. “I had depression and anxiety through freshman year. It went undiagnosed until sophomore year, where I was always anxious to the point where my heart would be beating really fast for nothing, and i’d have chest pains all the time and migraines and stomach aches for no reason. My grades are still not that good, but I’m recovering from a seasonal depressive episode and hopefully I will do better during the rest of this semester and second semester because I’m genuinely trying to,” Nadkarni said. PHOTO//Stuti Gupta
