Incoming Freshmen Are Mentally Exhausted

 

Just read this article as my daughter is just entering University in September and they are going virtual AGAIN.  It says frosh are depressed, lonely and hopeless.  As secondary teachers it might be worth reading.  If you  want to read the article click here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.  

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Depression Quest

From their website, "Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the depths of what it can do to people."

During the story you have to make some choices which will influence what happens later in the story.  The game is very similar to the posting I did about the girl who sends an inappropriate picture to her boyfriend, "Choose what happens next" on Thursday April 4.  To see that click here.    In Depression Quest, there are over a hundred possible different scenarios.  This would be something that might be used in health class.  The scenarios are very realistic and some of your student will relate very strongly to some of them others this might give some insight to depression. To see the game click here.