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Whether if it’s in school or the workplace, burnout has become incredibly prevalent under the competitive, cutthroat culture most people are accustomed to. According to the internet, symptoms of “Burnout syndrome” include exhaustion, cynicism, and loss of efficacy. In general terms, to be burnt out is to feel constantly depleted and unable to recharge. In Part 2 of Volume 15, The Soapbox invited Community Center Shanghai (CCS) counselor Bella Wu to discuss submissions and provide professional advice to symptoms of burnout. Further check out Lifeline Shanghai for immediate mental health support: Phone: 400 821 1215 Website: https://www.lifeline-shanghai.com/

Hello! Welcome to the Bubbles Senior Advice, where we’ll be doing deep dives into college life with various undergrads located around the world. As graduating high school seniors, we hope that these episodes can provide important advice for studying, working, socializing, and other aspects of adult life that we have yet to experience. We wish you, as the rejection letters say, “good luck in your future endeavors!” In the third and last episode of our Senior Advice mini-series, we interview Nancy Wu, a rising senior in Yale University. In this episode, we discuss stigmatized but must be talked about topics such as alcohol, sex, and drugs and ways to experience them safely in university. Hopefully this episode may serve as a guide for us in an unfamiliar environment with much more pleasures to explore!

Whether if it’s in school or the workplace, burnout has become incredibly prevalent under the competitive, cutthroat culture most people are accustomed to. According to the internet, symptoms of “Burnout syndrome” include exhaustion, cynicism, and loss of efficacy. In general terms, to be burnt out is to feel constantly depleted and unable to recharge.  In Part 1 of Volume 15, The Soapbox members hold a roundtable discussion on the causes of burnout, their personal experiences, as well as possible ways to deal with burnout.

How do we persist when life seems to be an endless cycle of stress and disappointment? All of us have different strategies of dealing with burnout. We try to spend our time with loved ones, further our hobbies, and seek new experiences. However, when all those methods come to no avail, some of us find escape in retail therapy—shopping in order to make ourselves happier. In this Bubbles episode, Erika Liao and Stephanie Koh discuss retail therapy in detail, including its causes, signs, and possible solutions.

Persisting despite working against overwhelming odds is at the core of activism. Sometimes, however, obstacles to progress seem unyielding regardless of any efforts and can lead to something called activism burnout, where, no matter what you do to overcome something, it feels impossible to do. As such, this Bubbles episode will break ground in our theme this month of burnout by tackling this specific type of burnout, exploring activists’ stories and how they respond to the feelings of hopelessness that come with advocating for what you believe in.

Hello! Welcome to the Bubbles Senior Advice, where we’ll be doing deep dives into college life with various undergrads located around the world. As graduating high school seniors, we hope that these episodes can provide important advice for studying, working, socializing, and other aspects of adult life that we have yet to experience. We wish you, as the rejection letters say, “good luck in your future endeavors!” In the second episode of our Senior Advice mini-series, we interview Tony Guan and Miya Shtereva of Tsinghua University. In this episode, we discuss handling social anxiety, dealing with insecurities, how to approach socializing, coping with university stress, and accommodating unsupportive parents. As we enter into a new and unfamiliar environment, preserving our mental health and establishing a concrete support system of friends will be crucial in navigating our way through the twists and turns, so hopefully this episode may serve as a foundation for our journeys into university.

With the coming of a second lockdown season in Shanghai, students are facing a new round of mental crisis. For this episode, we will be going over submissions from students sharing their experience with lockdown. Together, we discuss how to deal with loneliness, family troubles, drifting friendships, and many more issues we are facing at this moment.

The second wave of lockdown in Shanghai is bringing unexpected turbulence to our mental health as we cope with changes in lifestyle, estranged connections, and even relationships with ourselves and our bodies. In this episode, we invited Miranda from SHSID class 10(3) to share her experience with an eating disorder and recovery. We will be discussing the effects of lockdown on mental health and advice for people struggling with eating disorders as well as ways in which their families and friends can offer help.

Hello! Welcome to the Bubbles Senior Advice, where we’ll be doing deep dives into college life with various undergrads located around the world. As graduating high school seniors, we hope that these episodes can provide important advice for studying, working, socializing, and other aspects of adult life that we have yet to experience. We wish you, as the rejection letters say, “good luck in your future endeavors!”  Kicking off the first of multiple episodes in this mini-series, we have SHSID alumnus and current Yale undergrad Lelan Hu. In this episode, we explore how college life has changed under the pandemic, how to make friends, and the differences between high school and college. This will hopefully be a broad overview on study goals, social life, and planning that can help in the initial stages of any college student’s career.

With the coming of a second lockdown season in Shanghai, students are facing a new round of mental crisis. For this episode, we have collaborated with Anna Tian from Community Center Shanghai (CCS) to gain some professional insights on this shared concern. Together, we discuss how to deal with loneliness, family troubles, drifting friendships, and many more issues we are facing at this moment