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Mel said the fallout left her in the most fragile mental state and that at its height she was receiving over 1,000 threatening messages a day.
Some even suggested they would take the life of her mother.
Devastated: In 2012, Mel and 2Day FM co-host Michael Christian (pictured) posed as the Queen and Prince Charles to gain information about the Duchess of Cambridge during a hospital stay. On Friday, she admitted to suffering suicidal thoughts in the fallout
Tragic: Mel said the fallout left her in a fragile mental state and that at its height she was receiving over 1,000 threatening messages a day. She is pictured here in a 2012 interview about the incident
As the semester comes to close, stress is running high. If weâre being honest, this academic year has been tough. Between the pandemic, election season, social anxiety, isolation, maintaining relationships, increasing racial injustice and everything else, so many of us are just barely hanging on. Itâs an understatement to say that we are all ready for a well-deserved break.Â
Unfortunately, students know that break comes after an obstacle that may seem insurmountable right now â finals week. One common theme that we have seen among students this semester is the struggle to find the motivation and energy to prepare for finals when you are already extremely burnt out. Your struggle is valid, and you are not the only one feeling this way.Â
Adding mental health resources to student identification cards has long been a goal for Active Minds at WVU, and with the rise of student concern for mental health resources on
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Update: This story was updated to reflect that Susan Owen is working with an organization that serves Minneapolis schools and others with mental health services that use mindfulness, movement and social-emotional learning, but she does not work directly with Minneapolis schools.
The work to honor a Gilbert student who died last year and raise awareness about mental health will have a new chapter this weekend as people from his life memorialize his love of reading at a farmers market in Ames.
Henry Owen, 17, a junior at Gilbert High School, died by suicide in September.
The HAMO Foundation (Henry Alan Munson Owen) was started to honor Owen and raise awareness of mental illness and suicide in teenagers.