By Holly Hearn Every athlete, college-athletes especially, faces mental health issues to some degree or another. Many grow up thinking they must push these issues aside and just focus on the sport, despite the negative consequences of doing so. Flagler College Volleyball has seen this…
By Audrey Cress Two years ago, Emma Torres, Flagler College senior, started to feel like social media was stealing something from her life experiences. In a social psych class, she and her classmates discussed the illusions of social media and its true impact on their…
By Lainee Mack Exercise is the most powerful antidote to stress. With finals season approaching, Flagler College’s sports performance coach, and both students and student athletes alike, remind us that the best way to a strong mind is a strong body. Flagler College sports performance…
By Kaia Wright For so long, my brother didn’t want to accept care because of stigmas. Being from a small town in Florida, it’s hard to have any kind of moral failing without everyone dissecting your every flaw. Because of my brother’s issue with substance…
By Roo Fenwick I was just a 12 year old boy when I got an injury, a bad one. One that led to an operation that would end my love for the sport that was my life. What did my coaches have to say about…
By Erica Deditch| gargoyle@flagler.edu I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my life. It makes me terrified of everything. I mean, literally everything – talking to people, leaving my house, going out. Everything. Going to college didn’t help. For me personally, college only made it…
By Cheyanne Wingo | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Looking at the beautiful campus of The Episcopal School of Jacksonville, with its classical Greek architecture and sprawling fields of green grass overlooking the St. Johns River, it is hard to imagine the atmosphere being anything but serene.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Top Photo by Devon Schlegel
Middle Photo by Cal Colgan
Bottom Photo by Philip C. Sunkel IV
Mark Barber finds it very hard to make close friends.
The Flagler College alumnus and graduate student at Syracuse University said he suffers from pervasive developmental disorder, a mental condition similar to Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Diagnosed with the disorder when he was 7, Barber said Flagler’s small-school atmosphere helped him to cope with his poor people skills.
The American Psychiatric Association proposed a controversial change in February to its manual that would make Asperger’s syndrome part of autism spectrum disorders rather than a separate diagnosis. In the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which helps health professionals identify conditions, it is not listed under autism.