A "crisis café" has opened at two Leicester universities to offer mental health support to students.
The charity behind the initiative, Mental Health Matters, said students were more open than ever about mental health but that a stigma remained.Dan Reynolds, from Mental Health Matters, said the cafés would be open in the evenings "University is different for everyone but with coursework, exams and being away from home, it can be very stressful, so we want to be here."Pranjal, 21, a third-year student, said the transition to university from India was "tough" in the first year
"You get many assignments and when you're in your final year, you can get tense very easily," she said.Fellow student Lily, 24, said the café was an "amazing idea".
Its a good job nowadays we don't have to sit in rat infested trenches being shot at isnt it.
😂 they really are piss weak
They need to get busy with a lot of activities at the university.
I know 3 families who’s kids are private school educated and have recently left for universities over 100 miles from home. All struggling being away from the nest and the families are deciding whether to bring them home. Lockdowns have messed them up. No interpersonal skills.
In the old days we were simply told to get on with it - and we did. There’s too much emphasis on it these days.
They will soon get over it when called up for WWIII. Then it will truly be a crises.
How sad that young people need this.
Kids are wrapped in cotton wool from day one, that’s all well and good until they start having to deal with real world scenarios.