With the stacks of coursework and with exams coming up, everybody seems to be stressed out. And as the Easter holidays have began, unfortunately so will revision. But as important as work is, it’s so […]
Mental Health A-Z: Q is for Quantity
I’d always hated maths. I despised the boring simplicity of finding the one correct answer; using theory after theory to calculate the size of shapes I didn’t care about. The end of year 11 meant […]
#EDAW16: Why can’t we talk about our illnesses?
Although eating disorders are increasingly being talked about, they still remain a topic to be subdued into our private lives. It is still the predominant view that mental illnesses remain hidden out of view, to […]
Mental Health A-Z: P is for Perception
It’s another foggy morning. From inside the café I gaze out of the window, watching the people pass by. Fog curls through the air, leaveseddying across the street as mycoffee cup warms my freezing hands. […]
Mental Health A-Z: N is for Normal
Normal: conforming to a type or standard. Initially, during our school days, all we want is to fit in. We want to blend in with the rest of the crowd; liking the right kind of […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: M is for Mornings… and how to survive them
It will come as no surprise to you that I, along with 99% of the rest of the student community, struggle to get up early. And by early, I mean before 9am. Last semester, my […]
New Resolutions: Be wary of who you tell this year
In all honesty, January is the month that I dread. Firstly, waking up in cold, misty darkness is not something I particularly like doing. Shivering as you shut up your alarm and reach for your […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: J is for Juggling
Dubious title; I know. But bear with me. In short: life is a sort of juggling act, especially if you are a student. Living away from home becomes the rather difficult task of balancing work […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: G is for Grief; in memory of my Grandad
I peek through the bedroom curtains to find a beautifully foggy morning. After suffering the longest awkward silence in a full lift, I shuffle outside and into the fog. With Chris Martin’s heart-breaking voice running […]
Um… shall we go halves?
So there I was, up at 2am, with Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’ and a duvet as my only company. If you haven’t watched ‘First Dates’ before: firstly, shame on you, and secondly, allow me to […]
Comparison: the habit that fuels self doubt
“The reason we feel insecure: we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel”. Now, before you disregard this quote as just downright pretentious and go back to procrastinating from that pile of […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: B is for Bulimia Nervosa
More people than ever before are aware of eating disorders. Not a day seems to go by without seeing Instagram posts about recovery, watching young people discussing illness on the news, or hearing statistics of […]