Caroline Hanson ’27 and Hunter Sullivan ’24 are encouraging peers and educators to normalize talking about and seeing support for mental health challenges. Photos by: Michael Ivins/Holy Cross
Nauseous and dizzy, Caroline Hanson ‘27 didn’t know what was happening. The intense anxiety she felt led to an overwhelming desire to immediately leave whatever situation she was in. She was in elementary school and needed help. “It’s confusing when you’re young. You don’t know why you feel this way and don’t know how to communicate how you feel. I needed someone to explain this to me in a way that my child brain could understand,” Hanson said.