In this episode of the Narrative Project, Mica, Hazal, and Pauline discuss mental health awareness and the COVID-19 pandemic. They begin by discussing how the pandemic has impacted their day-to-day lives as students and their attempts to manage increases in workload. Sharing personal experiences, they grapple with the exhaustion the pandemic environment has created and how it has impacted them. They share how connection to loved ones and other support has shifted in the completely virtual setting, which presented both challenges and new accessibility. They end their discussion with touching upon COVID anxiety and the fear of the unknown.

Content Warning: mention of anxiety and depression.