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Certain plants, such as succulents, have grown in popularity over recent months. These plants make for beautiful, living décor and represent another way to help with mental health. “It’s just nice to see plants grow and flourish, plus lots of greenery is relaxing!” said former NC student Jacob Tutterow.

Surprising benefits of household plants around the house

Marissa Amorose, Staff
September 24, 2020
Remote learning and toxic relationships

Remote learning and toxic relationships

Lea Jones, Reporter
September 2, 2020
Painting, exercising, and dieting constitute ways to stay in control of one's life in a time when everything seems out of control. Doing what one can to improve their mental health in a time where social distancing creates normality can produce differences when it comes to one's mental state. “Exercising helps me relieve stress and deal with anxiety in a healthy way. The adrenaline produced when exercising helps me feel like I am lifting all the weight off of my shoulders,” NC freshman Carson Walker said.

3 ways to improve your mental health amid a pandemic

Amber Roldan, Staff
March 27, 2020
Counselors from all over Cobb County came together to help inform students, staff and parents about anxiety disorders that affect young people. Viewers walked to each table set up outside of the auditorium to talk about anxiety and other types of mental health. “The kids will always be our top priority and it’s important that we invest in the future,” NC guidance counselor Michelle Perlin said.

Angst Movie night

Jemiah Clemons, Staff
March 2, 2020
Anxiety among children, & those of high school age specifically, has become a major epidemic in recent years. According to a February 2019 Pew study, 70% of American teenagers consider it (along with depression) a major problem in their communities, an issue compounded among higher achievers. To remedy this, the school district will be showing a short film titled Angst this Wednesday night from 6 to 8 p.m; afterwards, a panel will take place to further educate attendees on mental health. For more information, visit this website.

Anxiety strikes again

Ashu Ebot-Tabi, Co-Copy Editor
February 24, 2020
Each pair of running shoes gathered here will eventually travel about three hundred miles before being replaced, providing thousands of hours of healthy exercise. Running purely for physical benefit doesn’t provide the only reason someone might want to put on their running shoes, however. An increasing amount of studies show that exercise provides several mental benefits as well.

Enduring for the endorphins: An overview of running’s mental benefits

Jenny Loveland, Staff
December 6, 2019
Too stressed for success

Too stressed for success

Ashu Ebot-Tabi, Reporter
May 21, 2018
Don't do your homework

Don’t do your homework

Tara Anastasoff, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2018
Students avidly look through Instagram and Snapchat on a daily basis and slowly become consumed by it. Every day, students spend an abundant amount of time on their phones, affecting their friendships. “If I spent less time on my phone, I would be able to focus more on the moment and not be busy trying to record it,” junior Lauren Reagan said.

Social media increases depression and anxiety in teens

Isabella Keaton, Reporter, Photographer
October 16, 2017
Autumn Boekeloo deals with her OCD on a daily basis,

More than a quirk: the truth behind OCD

Autumn Boekeloo, Entertainment editor
December 7, 2016
Stress causes serious problems to both physical and mental health.

Students share stress relief techniques

Gabby Weaver, Reporter
March 2, 2016
Junior Jocelyn Esquivel demonstrates the transition from a calm state to an anxious one, and comments on the issue of mental health: “Mental health is extremely important because it improves the quality of our lives in ways we wouldn’t expect it to.”

The silent epidemic: Mental health wreaks havoc

Gabby Weaver, Reporter
December 15, 2015
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