Harper

UVic Student Mental Health Blogger

Hey there reader!

My name is Harper (she/her) and I recently graduated from UVic with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. I grew up in Calgary, Alberta and moved to Victoria in 2017 for school. I’ve fallen in love with the island life so much I decided to stay after graduating.

Growing up, I dealt with many mental health struggles I didn’t quite understand and felt I couldn’t fix. I often turned to blogs and social media to learn about other people’s experiences, in the hopes of feeling not-so alone. In my first year of university my struggles got much worse with the stress of a heavy course-load and the new responsibilities I had, and it wasn’t until I was diagnosed with ADHD that I started to discover treatments and habits that worked for me.

In my free time I enjoy running, painting, crocheting, baking new recipes, and spending time with my friends and family. I am taking the LSAT in January and plan to go to law school in the future to further my education and pursue a career I am passionate about. It is my hope that through this blog I can dive deeper into exploring my own mental health and the discourse surrounding mental health and students right now. I also hope to share some of the accessible resources I have discovered over the past four years going to UVic, because I would have loved to know what I know now when I was just a first-year student.

Positive conversations surrounding mental health are so, so important for the destigmatizing of mental health. I am thrilled for the opportunity to be a part of this blog and to be able to share my own experiences and tools for finding balance in the chaos.