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As pandemic grinds on, Texas students increasingly feel alone and scared, and some are thinking about suicide

Shea Wiedemeyer’s depression crept in slowly. The high school freshman had struggled with some anxiety before schools shut down abruptly in March, but in the isolation of the pandemic, cut off from daily interaction with friends and teachers at McCallum High School in Austin, the feelings snowballed. “I feel stuck in this sort of in between age where I’m old enough to see current events that I’m able to understand their impact and have opinions on them, but I’m unable to really do anything about it,” the 14-yearold said. “It’s a very discouraging feeling and it leaves me feeling pretty hopeless about ...

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