A way to like change your mindset a little bit is to try, every night, try and think of one good thing that happened today.

[On-screen text] Sazia

It just puts you in a mindset where you're constantly trying to find the better things instead of focusing on the negative.

[On-screen title] Keeping up with my Culture. Identity. Self.

My name is Sazia. I'm studying a Bachelor of Law and Commerce at Monash University.

[On-screen text] Life in lockdown

I think this is a very lonely and isolating experience for young people. 

At the start, it was really, really tough, 'cause I would just like watch TV all the time in my room and never go out. So it was really easy to get caught up in my thoughts. But then, you know, I started changing things around. 

I started going on walks with my mum, talking to my family a lot more, reconnecting with my friends, getting caught up in uni work, and just finding ways to keep busy.

[On-screen text] Cultural connection

I also have community friends who are basically other teenagers my age from Bangladesh.

So we all have a lot of common interests and things in our lives that are very similar, so are able to relate on that stuff.

I also watch a lot of Bengali TV shows and movies, yeah.

[On-screen text] Looking after yourself

Yeah, I think it's pretty difficult for young people to reach out when they're already in a mindset where it's like, they'd just rather kind of be by themselves.

When you're in that place, it's really really difficult to get out of it.

If you're feeling that, you should talk to someone. You know, there's help available. If you don't want to talk to people you know, like your friends and family, there's help available online all the time.

I'm feeling...I don't know, a little bit of good and bad about the future. I don't know how it's going to turn out but I'm hopeful that it will turn out good and we will be past this year.

[On-screen text] 
Whatever you're feeling, you're not alone.

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