I remember being a young teenager and hesitatingly explaining from my school desk why – uncharacteristically – I hadn’t produced any homework. It was my favourite lesson on a subject that held such fascination for me that it would later become the focus of my academic work. All I could say was that my family had had […]
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An anonymous blogger shares their experiences of being discriminated against and bullied due to their mental health issues. Is mental illness nothing more than an inconvenient expense for university departments?
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An anonymous contributors reflects on their experiences of schizophrenia during their PhD and their nevertheless successful journey to a permanent academic job.
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An anonymous PhD student discusses how Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the pressures of academia have led them to become addicted to painkillers. Are academics prone to socially acceptable addictions?
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An early-career academic writes about their struggles with depression and chronic anxiety.
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An anonymous academic recounts their encounters with stress and anxiety towards the end of their PhD.
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An anonymous contributor reflects on the relationship between love and academia, and on whether the former can really be applied to our work.
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An anonymous contributor shares their experiences of suffering and recovering from anorexia during their PhD.
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An anonymous contributor shares the positives and negatives of working in academia with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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Interview feedback is difficult to approach, both giving and receiving. As someone who has more often been on the receiving end, I’ve found directly helpful feedback to be the exception rather than the rule. So, this post is about how to interpret feedback which might not tell you as much as you want. For me, […]
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An anonymous guest blogger shares their story of adjusting to their mental health issues during her PhD with the help of institutional support services.
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An anonymous guest blogger diversifies the perceptions of depression by reflecting on their experiences of being a high-functioning depressive.
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An anonymous blogger shares their thoughts on academia as a competitive realm relationship and its effects on mental health.
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An anonymous blogger reflects on the relationship between anxiety and academia.
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An anonymous doctoral researcher recounts their experiences of IBS and the impact it has had on their studies and career.
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An anonymous guest blogger shares their experiences of being in higher education with Crohn’s Disease.
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An anonymous contributor shares their experience of being a self-funded full-time Ph.D. student in History.
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A Ph.D. graduate writes about the mental and physical difficulties of completing a part-time, self-funded Ph.D., and on the career implications it may have.
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