Need someone to talk to? Student counseling services available for all

By Staff

Do you ever feel blue? Or are you down because your wing-man gets all the best girls?

Do your exams make you nervous? Is your boyfriend pressuring you to do something you are not sure you are ready for?

Are you worried that you cannot make ends meet?

Does the workload got you down?

Feel stressed out and ready to crack?

Can’t beat your meth habit alone?

Feel like going on a killing spree?

Do you feel like killing yourself?

Do you need someone to talk to?

After the Virginia Tech massacre, it is apparent how stressful campus life can be and how dangerous an unbalanced student can be. It should be a no-brainer that all people need someone to talk to every now and then. Lucky for you, Missouri Western offers great people to talk to.

It is a shame really when you consider that not everyone uses the student counseling that is available to them. All students at Missouri Western State University have counseling services available to them. Make no mistake, the counseling center at our school sees it’s fair share of students.

But to consider that all people have problems, and problems are often handled better when they are talked about; considering that every student has already paid for the services, it makes no sense that every student here on campus has not seen a counselor at least once.

It is not hard to get in touch with someone to talk to here on campus. Go to Eder Hall and swing to the side that is not filled with language devotees, walk past the non-traditional student center and keep going until you see a giraffe in the window. Then you are in the right place. Now ask to make an appointment with a counselor. It is that easy. Don’t you feel silly now for taking so long to reach out?

The truth is that everyone, every now and then, could use someone to talk to. Sometimes the simple act of airing your troubles out can be the first step to punching your problems in the face. Sometimes it is nice to have an impartial person who can help you put things in perspective. Also, there is the fact that you have already paid for it, so you might as well go out and get to see what your money is worth.

After all, we are here at this university to learn. We can learn academics, and we can learn about ourselves and the world around us. There is a Chinese proverb that says a single conversation with a wise man is better than then years of study. Maybe it is time you started taking advantage of your education?