Pandemic Steals Psychological Health, Students Say

Pandemic steals psychological health, students say

ANKARA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Apr, 2021 ) :- Anadolu Agency spoke with university students in Istanbul to get a sense about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their lives, what it taught or brought, took away, as well as what they missed the most.

Merve Evcili learned how to use her spare time during the pandemic.

"For me, the pandemic brought a lot of knowledge and skills which I delayed to learn too many times as I thought they were unattainable in daily life's rush," said the 28-year-old student at Dogus University's Electronics and Communications Engineering Department.

"It also took away my relationships with my loved ones, as well as many motivational sources for me with all these restrictions and measures," she said.

She said she misses doing things without a mask, restriction, time limit or fear of contacting the virus and acknowledged that she is tired of being "in prison" at home as the weather gets warmer every day.

Evcili complained about teachers not understanding students "under these circumstances" of the pandemic.

-'Pandemic took away my best university years' For 23-year-old Beyza Safiye Topcu, the coronavirus taught her that "not everything in life goes as we have planned or imagined.

" "I learned from the pandemic that we can always face all kinds of problems, and we always have to be prepared for them as much as we can," said Topcu, who is in her final year at Dogus University's Industrial Engineering program.

"It also took away my best university years from me," she said while lamenting that during this difficult period, she misses going out the way she would like and feeling comfortable.

"I am sick of always being at home and not being able to socialize," added Topcu.

-'I lost both my psychological and physical health' "Staying home for a long time and being able to motive herself" was a skill Elif Yagci gained during the pandemic.

But that came with a huge mental and physical toll. "I have lost both my psychological and physical health during this period," said Yagci, who studies Industrial Engineering at Yeditepe University.

She longs to travel and spend time with friends without restrictions.

But Yagci, 23, said she is also tired of school. Not because of the work, per se, but "because of the remote education, teachers are forcing us to a degree that we can no longer bear with courses."She described the workload as "torture."