Why is BC counseling so overrun?

That was my experience last year as well!! You can reach out to the on-call PEC though, they will always have people that you can talk to in a timely manner. Or maybe crisis text line? text 741741 ... their wait time is shorter than other hotlines, usually within 5 minutes~ — That was my experience last year as well!! You can reach out to the on-call PEC though, they will always have people that you can talk to in a timely manner. Or maybe crisis text line? text 741741 … their wait time is shorter than other hotlines, usually within 5 minutes~

It’s not just BC, mental health services at lots of schools are having trouble keeping up with increasing need for their services. http://bit.ly/bc-mental. WGBH also has a recent series on mental health at local schools http://bit.ly/bc-mental2. The suggestions above my note are solid ones that you can use immediately. And I see you. You are not alone.

Support Groups are more frequent and less crowded. + ask them to refer you to an off-campus therapist if you have blue cross Blue Shield

These are good ideas! I’ll see if my assistants can bring back my sidekick.

I hope you have a positive experience w/ UCS =) They're all nice people working really hard to care for students. BTW, Answer Wall ~ can we get the "kindness board" that you put up right next to you back here ~ looks like many ppl needs it!!!! — I hope you have a positive experience w/ UCS =) They’re all nice people working really hard to care for students. BTW, Answer Wall ~ can we get the “kindness board” that you put up right next to you back here ~ looks like many ppl needs it!!!!

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.