As a young teen, one of Luna Wong’s favourite things to do was to walk to a bridge near her home in Hong Kong and sit there for a while, listening to the traffic and the water below, looking out at the lights and the activity of the city. She had a particular way of observing the world, which she expressed through photography. Her pictures were mostly landscapes, ordinary corners of Hong Kong, but she could spot an image nobody else would have seen in the same place. She was an inquisitive(好奇的，爱探究的) kid who enjoyed making people laugh, and was deeply interested in the world around her. Then in 2019, when she was 13, political unrest in Hong Kong, swiftly followed by Covid lockdowns, shrank that world to the size of her bedroom(把她的世界缩小到卧室大小). For a prolonged(长时间的，持久的) period, Luna barely left her family’s flat. School became a screen; friends were only accessible virtually. She stopped sleeping properly, started having panic attacks(惊恐发作), and was diagnosed with depression and anxiety.
十几岁时，黄露娜最喜欢做的事之一，就是走到香港家附近的一座桥上，在那儿坐一会儿，听着桥下的车流声和水声，望着城市的灯光与喧嚣。她观察世界的方式很独特，并通过摄影表达出来。她的照片大多是风景，是香港平凡的角落，但她总能在同一个地方捕捉到别人看不见的画面。她是个好奇的孩子，喜欢逗人笑，对周围的世界充满兴趣。然而2019年，13岁的她遭遇了香港的政治动荡，紧接着是新冠封锁，她的世界骤然缩小到卧室那么大。很长一段时间里，露娜几乎足不出户。学校变成了一块屏幕，朋友只能线上联系。她开始睡不好觉，出现惊恐发作，被诊断出抑郁症和焦虑症。
When the world opened up after Covid, Luna was too changed to step easily back into it. She was often so anxious she couldn’t attend school, and fell seriously behind. Her psychiatrist(精神科医生) prescribed antidepressants, anti-anxiety medication and sleeping pills. Later, ADHD(注意缺陷多动障碍) medication and an anti-psychotic(抗精神病药) drug were added to the mix(加入其中). This heavy combination of prescription drugs left her lethargic in the day – though still often awake at night – and caused weight gain, which distressed her.(这种沉重的处方药组合让她白天昏昏沉沉——晚上却常常清醒——还导致体重增加，令她十分苦恼。) But Luna retained her curious streak(保留着好奇的天性). Keen to understand her own issues better, she read about psychology, ordering textbooks to teach herself about the human mind. When her friends had problems, she offered advice, and dreamed of becoming a psychologist. But it was hard to see how this would be possible as she struggled to attend school.
疫情过后世界重新开放时，露娜已经变得太多，难以轻松回归。她常常焦虑到无法上学，功课严重落后。精神科医生给她开了抗抑郁药、抗焦虑药和安眠药。后来又加上了治疗多动症的药物和一种抗精神病药。这种沉重的药物组合让她白天昏昏沉沉——晚上却常常清醒——还导致体重增加，令她十分苦恼。但露娜仍保留着那份好奇心。她渴望更好地理解自己的问题，便阅读心理学书籍，订购教科书自学关于人类心智的知识。朋友遇到问题时，她会给出建议，并梦想成为一名心理学家。然而，由于她连上学都困难，这个梦想显得遥不可及。
In 2022, two years into her mental health struggles, Luna had an idea: a move overseas. A close friend had decided to do A-levels(英国普通中等教育高级水平考试) at boarding school(寄宿学校) in the UK, and Luna wanted to go, too. Luna’s English was fluent – since infancy, her parents had read her bedtime stories in English as well as Cantonese – and she wanted to do an A-level in psychology, which wasn’t on offer in Hong Kong.(露娜的英语很流利——从婴儿时期起，父母就用英语和粤语给她读睡前故事——而且她想读心理学A-level，这在香港没有开设。) But there was a bigger reason, too. This could be a fresh start(全新的开始), a way for Luna to decisively open up her world again.
2022年，在与心理问题斗争两年后，露娜有了一个想法：去海外。一位好友决定去英国寄宿学校读A-level，露娜也想去。露娜的英语很流利——从婴儿时期起，父母就用英语和粤语给她读睡前故事——而且她想读心理学A-level，这在香港没有开设。但还有一个更重要的原因：这可能是一个全新的开始，一个让露娜果断重新打开自己世界的机会。