ADDRESSING ANXIETY AND CREATING COMMUNITY WITH THE SHY CATERPILLAR

By The Shy Caterpillar

On Jan. 9, 2026, I decided to drop off four illustrated, poetic postcards at a student help desk at the University of Waterloo. It was a daunting experience for someone with social anxiety, and I’m still not fully sure why that day felt right.  

The poem on those first cards, which I still vividly remember, involved a disagreement between my mind, which wanted to […]

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