MARCH 2020 Issue two page spread

SPREAD
pped within their own mind.
Photo by Autumn Dixon
O
verwhelming schedules
can cause more than just mental
illness such as depression, anxiety
and obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD); it can cause physical ailments
such as dehydration,
fainting and even seizures.
With all of the stresses
of school, it is important
to stay hydrated especially
during the wintertime with
germs and illness crawling
around campus. Illnesses can
become easy to catch when
someone isn’t thinking about
their well being.
“I think there is a
population of students who are
performance driven, whether it
be academically or physically, and
take on more than they can handle,”
health science teacher Pattie
Bumpus said. “These students tend
to forget to eat, feel like they don't
A boy (left) is surrounded by words that others describe him as. Such insults
and labels can engulf someone’s every thought. Sophomore Lindsay Hash is
shown (right) labeled by the mental illnesses she possesses. “Most people just
think (having ADHD means) your bouncing off the walls when you really just
can’t focus,” Hash said. “When I don’t take my medication it’s bad for my grades
because I can’t focus and work like I’m supposed to.” Photos by Autumn Dixon
Academic pressure makes students overwork
Kaitlyn Sumner
staff writer
have enough time to eat or even
to take a water break. When you
have so much going on, it's easy to
forget.”
Bumpus thinks that there
might be too much emphasis on
academics and sports instead of
“
There is a population of
students who are performance
driven and take on more than
they can handle,
”
health science teacher
Pattie Bumpus
wellness. According to the US
National Library of Medicine, 46.4
percent of students are dehydrated,
and 59 percent have improper
hydration.
“If you are drinking water, not
fruit juices and other drinks high
in sugar, and keeping hydrated, it
keeps you alert, it keeps your blood
flowing, so you are not tired, and it
flushes germs out (of your body),”
Bumpus said.
Bumpus believes that having
a nurse on staff at Northwest
would help with the issue
of students passing out and
overworking themselves because
a nurse would provide
wellness checks to students
needing them.
“I definitely think that
having access to a nursing
staff (would help) because
Northwest only has a nurse
that circulates between
other schools,” Bumpus
said.
In addition to having more
nursing staff, Bumpus thinks that
having vending machines with
access to water would help those
students who forget their water
bottles.
Mental health facts
1/2
3/4
percent
of lifetime
mental illness
cases
begin by 24
50
March 2020
of lifetime mental illness
cases begin by 14
1 out of 5
children experience a
mental health condition
in a given year
percent of children 8-12 experience
a mental health condition
but do not receive treatment
Information sourced from web sources
On average,the delay between
the onset of symptoms
and intervention is 31
percent of
8-10 years
In survey taken in 2016,
13 percent
of teenagers reported
they had experienced
one major depressive
episode in the last year
high school
students
stopped
doing their
usual activities
after
feeling sad
or
hopeless
90%
75%
60%
45%
30%
15%
What stresses you the most?
In a poll of 40 students, the majority of students
said school stresses them out the most.
82.5%
7.5%
5.0% 5.0%
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