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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

I was formally diagnosed with depression and anxiety nearing a year ago, and sharing about it in any form felt like I was viscerally tearing myself open.

Spill Your Guts

Struggling to open up my mental illnesses
April Wang, Staff Writer
March 3, 2023
Encouraging people to suppress their emotions results in a dangerous internal buildup, at which point the person struggling is bound to erupt

There’s silence before the eruption

How I am unlearning the so-called “emotional maturity” I was trained to display as a child
Aashi Venkat
September 2, 2022
Living with depression and anxiety

Living with depression and anxiety

My experiences being diagnosed with mental health challenges
Shivani Madhan
March 21, 2022
Illustration by Iman Malik. This is a fishbowl that represents a fishbowl discussion. The six other fish are talking while one of them is lonely.

Speaking up: How teachers work with students with speech anxiety

Teachers explain their ways of dealing with student anxiety when speaking in class
Sophia Chen and Alyssa Hui
March 11, 2020
Sleep deprivation is a common problem across FUHSD schools.

Stressing the numbers

Exploring the results of wellness surveys in recent years
Anoop Iyer, Robert Liu, and Sean Yagi
August 26, 2019
What I’ve learned from performing in piano recitals

What I’ve learned from performing in piano recitals

How I began to combat my fear of failure and accept my mistakes
Brian Xu
March 15, 2019
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