The Covid-19 epidemic has shaped all our lives, but especially the lives of adolescents, with all the changes it has brought. We wanted to know how these changes, which we have faced in different areas of our lives, have affected adolescents and their mental health. Our study included 14 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 living in Slovenia. We conducted semi-structured interviews to find out how they coped with the changes in their schooling, mental health, family and friendships, and how they look to the future now that the epidemic is over. We found that in all areas there was a lot of duality among adolescents. Some adolescents experienced the epidemic as a positive period and also looked to the future with positivity. Some were active during the epidemic, both in the areas of schooling, self-discovery, developing hobbies and maintaining friendships and family relationships, and did not perceive any problems. Other adolescents experienced the epidemic more negatively. During the epidemic, some faced difficult situations that were detrimental to their mental health, school performance and relationships. In addition, some are still coping with the negative effects the epidemic has had on their mental health and are also looking more negatively to the future. Some still find it difficult to maintain attention, to learn and to form friendships. Several have stagnated in different areas of their lives during the epidemic, and differences are also evident in the intensity of the experience of the period itself. Some adolescents did not assign much value and importance to the situation, while others experienced the feelings and the epidemic as a whole very intensely. For ease of understanding, the results have also been presented in the atom model, which shows duality in different dimensions.
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