The Tales of Virago-- A Beautiful Mess

         I go to a college where they advertise services for the counseling center, but by the second day of classes all the slots are filled for the semester.   If you are lucky there may be an emergency slot available on a one time basis, or perhaps, partway through the semester someone may drop out, but what about the in-betweens? You are not suicidal and you do not need a crisis worker, but your mental health and well-being have hit the wall. The panic attacks are piling up, the assignments are daunting, and while your professor may understand, you will never know because the thought of speaking to them is enough to paralyze your innermost being.          I go to a college where they tell us they value our well-being, but they also want to cut positions in the counseling center, and the mental health services are already few and far between. We have a women’s center, but goodness if I know any...