mental health

  • It has been a long time since the last post. A long. Long. Time. As I entered this final year of my PhD, I did intend to “slow things down” on here as the effort had to shift to completing the thesis at a comfortable rate. I had ambitiously envisioned a fortnightly, or even monthly

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  • As the varying post frequency recently may suggest, the last couple of months have been busy, and stressful. Very stressful. Note: The content below is not a guide nor medical advice, this relates to my own personal experience of my mental health struggles. If you are experiencing any of the below issue please know experienced

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  • On March 1st I hit the official halfway point in my PhD journey or, the unofficial official halfway point considering the first 2 years were part time so I am now only entering my ‘2nd year. Further, there is no knowing for certain if the finish line lies within the next 2 years (let us

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  • Writing this post a day early (I begin teaching again tomorrow) has somewhat thrown off my thought process in deciding what to write about this week. Thus, considering I mentioned it in my previous post, perhaps now is a good time to introduce the topic of mental health into my PhD reflections. Like many areas

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  • (Disclaimer: Here you will learn that I am a dedicated fan of Nintendo’s ‘Legend of Zelda’ series) After almost 2 years, this week I finally hit the milestone that has haunted me from day 1. I defined my research questions. Of all the mental struggles that a PhD can bring (a topic for future discussion

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  • I had fully intended to create at least one more post before 2022 ended however (and perhaps unsurprisingly knowing my habits with blogs), life had other plans meaning that we are now in the first post of 2023. This is not to say that anything catastrophic and/or life changing threw itself before me as 2022

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