While Emmanuel Macron must go to a university this Thursday, the day after student demonstrations, the discomfort of the students encountered by Europe 1 seems to be reaching peaks.

Between distress and isolation, some even decide to defy the rules, and go to college.

"I had anxiety attacks, repeated nervous attacks."

Lucas, a STAPS student, finds it hard to have to follow his lessons for months in his 9m² maid's room.

An ill-being that he is far from being the only one to suffer: on Wednesday, there were hundreds of them taking to the streets in Paris, Strasbourg, Lille, Toulouse or even Rennes to denounce the devastating effects of the health crisis of the covid -19 on their daily existence. 

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"I can't, I can't"

"I can't, I can't do it. It's not possible, it's not livable," Lucas slices at the microphone of Europe 1. This student from Saint-Denis has therefore found a solution: each morning, he pretends.

"I pretend there is no Covid, confinement ... nothing at all. In the morning, I take transport for 1h30 to go to college, I find an office to follow the lessons on my computer , and in the evening I go home. "

“When we come face-to-face, unconsciously, we put ourselves in working condition,” he explains. 

If he knows he risks a fine for not respecting the curfew, he assures that it is the only way for him "to ensure [his] future and to take care of [his] mental health".

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"I have the impression of having wasted two years of my life, my best years"

Like Lucas, Charlotte also saw this period very badly.

Student in culture-communication license in Lille, she decided to respect the government restrictions but has more and more difficulty to undergo distance courses, exam deferrals and isolation.

"The first time we were confined, I was 17. Today, I will be 19 in two months," she testifies.

"I have the impression of having wasted two years of my life, my best years: I have always been told that student life is about friends, loves, parties ... We, c 'is tears and Xanax. " 

A difficulty that other students in his class also experience.

"In the Zooms [distance courses via the Zoom application, editor's note], there are those who come to launch messages in the group saying 'tonight I'm committing suicide', or so: 'someone must 'one speaks to me because there it really does not go at all' ".

A loneliness that even pushes some to take action, as in Lyon at the beginning of January.

"We don't know where we're going except in the wall"

Charlotte continues: "We come to confide in people we have never seen in person because we can not do otherwise. I have no social life, I can no longer have a student job because I worked in animation. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life because the culture doesn't exist anymore ... In fact, we don't know where we're going, except in the wall. "

So when asked if she is ready for a possible third confinement, her answer comes immediately: "Not at all."

While waiting to know whether France will again have to mark a new stop in the face of the coronavirus, some referent students are helping their classmates to fight against loneliness in university residences.

The government set up these jobs in November.

For 300 euros per month, they call or send emails to other students to identify possible distress.

A precious asset for Kristelle Audet, director of the CROUS residences in the 20th arrondissement.

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"I already got down to cry"

"They are precious relays who can give me their feeling and explain to me that some students are not doing well", she explains at the microphone of Europe 1. "They understand the issues much better since they are themselves. same students. "

In this Parisian residence, no noise can be heard in the corridors.

Everyone is behind their door listening to their lessons via Zoom.

So obviously, here too, it is the physical contact that is missing the most.

And when Wilem opens his room, the colorful rugs, plants and light garlands on the wall to brighten up don't change anything.

"I already got down to cry because I felt bad." 

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Faced with this distress, Emmanuel Macron is expected at the University of Paris-Saclay on Thursday to discuss their situation with young people.

For his part, Prime Minister Jean Castex proposed to launch a "psy check" to allow students to go to a specialist to discuss their discomfort.

But given the scale of the phenomenon, it seems difficult for the president to avoid new support measures for this part of the population.

Because if he hammered "it's hard to be 20 years old in 2020", reality seems to prove that this is still true in 2021.