Focusing on oneself this semester is likely to improve mental health this school year.

Social media is toxic. Snapchat filters promote unrealistic beauty standards. Instagram and Facebook are terrible for your mental health. There is a social dilemma.

The way mental health apps are designed impacts how we interact with them and ultimately how well we can take care of our minds.

We must educate ourselves on the ways in which mental illness and psychiatry have been used to uphold and reinforce racist hierarchies and inevitably led to failures in today's healthcare system.