我觉得人们需要明白良好睡眠对他们来说意味着什么。对我来说，良好质量的睡眠感觉就像我在太空中漂浮，但重要的是，我感到精力充沛和头脑清晰。这对我来说非常重要，因为我会根据睡眠质量调整我的日程安排。现在，我们改变日程安排来适应我们所谓的“优先事项”(工作和学校)，但有多少人为真正的优先事项——睡眠改变日程安排呢？

我喜欢在每天早上起床时闻到早晨的咖啡空气。它改善了我的一天，只是喝杯咖啡就能让我为一天的工作做好准备。如果我没有喝咖啡，我就会感到沮丧和愤怒，我就不会为这一天做好准备。我的HPA轴、杏仁核和外围皮层都因为做这幅画而被打开。这是由于布里安的这些部分让我平静下来。我不太懂艺术，但我喜欢绘画和咖啡。咖啡可以改善我的情绪，帮助我放松。例如，在星期天的早晨，我喜欢听爵士乐，画画和喝咖啡。这幅画表达了我的英雄和我在压力大时的救星。这些材料在我为考试复习时，以及为期末考试或期中考试复习时派上用场。我无法想象如果没有咖啡和绘画，我的高中和初中时代会是什么样子。

I suffer from bad anxiety. Every time overwhelmed, I can't think, I can't act. I lose control over everything. I've tried multiple methods to reduce the anxiousness, but the only thing that has worked is assembling construction sets. As a kid, I never really had LEGOs. My anxiety made me super budget conscious from a very young age. In recent years, a friend recommended me similar dupes. It's the act of assembling that rebuilds me. Every piece that I bring together is subconsciously telling my brain that I can fix things. I would also tell myself that things are under my control. And this is amazing at helping me regain calm. By the time I finished a set, I can function pretty normally, even feeling accomplished that I built something with my hands.

Cuddling with my dog is my favorite moment. He would sporadically, at random times, seek me out for cuddles at all times of the day. I would respond by petting, then telling him I love him before smothering him in a big hug. He gets so happy, wagging his tail and sniffing in my hug. It’s fantastic and always brings me a smile.

Before, I wasted my life away because I despised myself for not looking like all the perfect models. Not realizing that they constantly had personal makeup artists, hair stylists, and a professional fashion stylist, I was always criticizing myself. This caused my self-esteem to suffer terribly as I fell more into the facade of social media. But once, a friend suggested that I try photography. He taught me step by step how to use a camera, the angles, and techniques. At first, I didn't know what to take and took random pictures. Oddly enough, trying to come up with ideas helped me to not think about social media anymore. I started to capture images of nature, so I had to physically be more involved in the outside world. I would always bring my camera everywhere with me, and I was able to encapsulate a lot of meaningful memories with this newfound hobby. In the end, my focus shifted from the internet to the small, beautiful things in the world, and it still brings me peace when I take pictures of my surroundings.

家庭对我来说真的很重要。我感谢我的妈妈和爸爸，因为他们总是无条件地关心、支持和鼓励我。与我的父母在一起让我感到充实、安慰和在家的感觉，无论我们在哪里。我知道这是许多人所没有的特权，所以我很珍惜与他们在一起的时间，并留下回忆。我希望读到这篇文章的人能够找到自己的力量支柱，无论是家庭、朋友还是导师。

在这幅画中，我试图表现人格障碍。这个女孩看起来很高兴，因为她在跳舞和跳跃。她正在尝试多种风格，看看她更喜欢哪一种，她对什么感兴趣。我们在这幅画中看不到她的脸，是因为她仍然没有找到自己喜欢的东西，她的动作看起来很开心，但实际上，她仍然没有找到自己真正喜欢的东西。

I had a history of not being able to control my temper whenever I’m in a heated situation. Whenever I let go it feels like I’m letting go of a monster who’s filled with bloodlust. Whenever this happens I always feel like the worst person in the world as if I’m one of those deranged psychopathic killers. I wouldn’t be able to be here today, with more control over myself if it weren’t for the friends I was surrounded with, they are the ones who showed me the value of these temporary moments in life from the worst to the best. The picture is moment I captured of my friends and I reminiscing about our trip in Cyprus and enjoying the view. I can put into words the amount of sentimental value this picture has for me.

This artistic piece portrays a person who pretends to be happy on the outside, but in reality they are struggling mentally. They put on a smile and pretend that everything is okay, but they are actually a thousand thoughts overwhelming their minds. Everyone has been a part of this at some point in their lives, yet when people experience this they feel lonely. They don't know that there are many other people that are going through the exact same thing. In order to get over this, people must stop pretending that everything is ok and start portraying their true feelings so that there is a sense of unity between people, and so that they can cope with their feelings in a healthy way instead of building it all up.

This piece is meant to show how everyone has two sides, a creative and a logical and sometimes in can be overbaring but you have to embrace it, i always find myself thinking about this and it calms be down. All of the things we do are influenced by these two sides, and we should learn to embrace either of them.

当我感到压力重重时，我总是选择退后一步，想起比我们更伟大的东西，比如宇宙。宇宙包含了一切。相对于宇宙的庞大，我们不过是渺小无比，我们面临的问题就算再大，也不过是微不足道。想到这点时，我所有的问题都显得那么微不足道。我们认为自己了解很多，但实际上我们仍然知之甚少，这是因为我们经常被自己的问题吞没，而没有注意到周围发生的大事。

当涉及压力大的事情或情况时，我只会坐下来，在我的脑海中分解我担心或困惑事情。我会把每种情况放在自己的小盒子里。然后我会想象我的大架子盒子思想，看看每个问题在整个计划中有多小。这是一种非常平静的感觉。

A year ago, I was a mess. Overweight, relied on junk food and games too much. Binged watch YouTube the whole day and missed sleep. Didn’t know what to do with my life. Finished uni, and I had no ambition to work. Above all, my health issues were making me miserable. The miserableness gave me panic attacks. I felt myself slowly drifting away from everything. I didn’t do anything, didn’t care about anything. I was depressed. I often thought to myself that I am a very lucky person. I don’t live in a 3rd world country, I don’t worry about food on my table and a roof above my head. I shouldn’t be depressed because people have it worse. But this thought does nothing to help with depression. So one day, everything changed. It was the afternoon. I never unnoticed that my window had a nice view. But that day, I saw my neighbors outdoors. For some reason, I had the urge to go out. I put my sneakers on, and just went out for a walk. 15 min. 30 min, 45 min, before I knew it, 1 whole hour flew by. Sweating and tired, I was strangely calm at the end. I realized that I was able to organize the very thoughts that used to overwhelm me while walking. I went home and wrote down my thoughts, which included everything I needed to do, from chores to dreams to aspirations. One year later, I achieved 80% on that list and am still working consistently to reach my goals.

My mother was recently diagnosed with a terminal disease. Due to resentment from previous family problems, my own siblings did not bother to ask her how she was feeling. This made her really disappointed and worsened her pain. Nevertheless, we were planning to send her to her home country for her remaining days, but due to strict COVID restrictions, she was unable to. This made my mother's mood even worse, What was nice was that the person who booked her flight had the thought to follow up and asked how my mom was. My own siblings did not even care, yet a stranger did. This gesture warmed my heart and made me feel hopeful that there are good people out there in the world.

I once heard that, by wearing a safety pin, you indicate to others that they can talk to you about anything - anything they might be going through and don’t have anyone else to talk to about. Since then, I’ve had one on my backpack. It’s so important that everyone had someone they can talk to, but unfortunately a lot of people don’t. I hope I can provide a listening ear to those people. As for the paper cranes: I made most of them while listening to lectures, music, TV shows - anything where my hands are idle. Somewhere along the way I discovered that it helps me a great deal when my head feels too crowded. Once I’m familiar with any pattern, I let my hands take over so my mind can wander and gradually sort through some of the thoughts occupying my mind.

I was always insecure about everything. From how I look to how I act and how I should treat others. There was never a moment in my life when I couldn't stop fearing what others thought of me. I developed crippling anxiety and panic attacks. This changed when I realized that we overestimate how much people are interested in us. Even if we mean something to them, like friends, they will not be as obsessed as you think. Even if our behavior is slightly odd to them, they'll shrug it off, and that's that. This is because people are often too concerned with themselves to even notice anything about you. You overthink because you are obsessed with yourself. In reality, no one is noticing your minor imperfection. Your mind is magnifying everything. It's all in your head.

Suffer from depression and irritability, I often don’t find the motivation to do work. But one thing that helps me regulate my mental health is running. This past year, I made a rule for myself to run 3 miles every day. Not only do I burn calories, I also burn off stress and anxiety while running. It provides me a reason to escape from the mess I am in and take a well-deserved break from morning stress. The calm carries onto the afternoon, and over time, I do notice that my irritability is manageable. I feel I have more energy, which I devote to slowly building more confidence in life.

Cuddling with my dog is my favorite moment. He would sporadically, at random times, seek me out for cuddles at all times of the day. I would respond by petting, then telling him I love him before smothering him in a big hug. He gets so happy, wagging his tail and sniffing in my hug. It’s fantastic and always brings me a smile.