Hello fellow Pioneers and thank you for checking out our second blog post of When Life Feels Messy... (WLFM) As you have noticed from our title, we will be diving into the relationship between traumatic events and mass media. We are highlighting this topic as the month of September brings forth the memories and feelings of life-changing traumatic events like 9/11, and the conversation of suicide as it will also be National Suicide Prevention month. The purpose of this month's WLFM blog is to engage this conversation by learning how traumatic events affect our body, what are some ways to help prepare ourselves for when it feels like mass media is throwing traumatic events in our face, and how to help and care for yourself after consuming so much intense dialogue. In today's culture and society, our personal and vulnerable experiences can feel enflamed by mass media. Mass media encompasses social outlets like blogs (like this one), magazines, social media (Youtube, Instagram, T...

AUGUST 2022:  HELLO! HOLA! BONJOUR! NIN HAO! ASALAAM ALAIKUM! KONNICHIWA! GUTEN TAG! Thank you for checking out the first official blog of TWU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)! We are SO happy to have you here, as this blog will be one of the new platforms CAPS' launches! In addition to the blog, we are also starting a podcast and these two projects will be connected and together named: "When Life Feels Messy..." These two resources are aimed for students, faculty, staff, and the larger TWU community to enrich awareness and exploration of mental health wellbeing. The goal for the blog and podcast is to provide digestible and relatable conversations about the many areas that impact mental health wellbeing while in college and life in general. Some of the topics we will be covering are: identity development cultural-based barriers self-compassion & loving yourself stress & test anxiety suicide prevention awareness healthy and unhealthy signs while dating...