Academic Stress

Trigger warning: this podcast contains personal accounts of struggles with mental health; mostly stress and anxiety
Further disclaimer:
1) To clarify, we are not psychiatrists or psychologists, but a group of students utilizing this platform to discuss our own experiences and stories regarding mental health.
2) We are in no way insinuating that the topic of mental health is meant to be taking lightly. We choose to conduct ourselves in a lighthearted manner in order to create an atmosphere where we are all comfortable to talk about our experiences with each other.
In this episode we talk about:
•the flaws in our education system

•unhealthy competition between students
•career bias in south Asian households
•workload stress
•balancing academic with extra-curricular activities
•lack of support from families and teachers
•uncertainty caused by the pandemic •