A Piece By Chukwunonso J. Moneme — Hello everyone, My name is Chukwunonso Moneme, but I go by Nonso, and I am a Chemical Engineering student finishing 4A and entering my final term here in the Winter. Like many other fourth years, I’m dealing with capstone, PnPs, applying for grad school, and desperately trying to keep my pesky senioritis…

Pandemic was a big change, and it had its bad but also good moments. As a first-year, expectations and responsibilities were present on a daily basis. I tried to keep up with the environment: talking to new classmates, joining EngSoc events, etc. But it wasn’t working, it didn’t feel good…

Online school has not been fun. From not being able to walk around campus and see friends to even just going to class, COVID-19 has had a negative effect on everyone. Depending on our living situation, we may only be able to see our family or roommates. …

These days, I’ve been feeling stressed out. Online school is hard and quite different. It’s also co-op hunting season, so I’ve been looking for ways to improve my technical skills and build my resume. I’m just doing too many things at once with too little sleep. A lot of the…

Hello everyone, welcome to Fall 2020! This term the Mental Health Blog by the Waterloo Engineering Society will be focusing on sharing people’s stories as we go through the COVID-19 pandemic and online classes. …

The Mental Health Blog directors received this story from an anonymous student who wanted to share their story. If you have a story to share and are interested in being featured on the blog, reach out to us by emailing mhablog@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. I think that becoming a runner has been one…

Welcome to the Mental Health Blog by the Waterloo Engineering Society! We use this platform to share stories that shed light on students’ experiences with mental health, and to advocate for open discussion surrounding mental health-related topics. To say the least, we understand that life right now is a little…

I’ve always had a lot of anxiety. It’s been about 2–3 years, and it’s heightened since entering university. Sometimes I just completely freeze on tests and quizzes. I find myself thinking I’m not good enough in comparison to those around me, especially with all of the competition here. The friends…

Hi, I’m Claudia and I’m in 3B Chemical Engineering. Sometimes, I struggle with my mental health; I have good days and bad days. I want to share my story to show that its okay to reach out for help. So, here goes: I get frustrated from time to time. I’m…