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Student Minds Cambridge: In Conversation with... Natalya Kristen
By Beth Lew (1st Year PBS, Cambridge) and Valeriya Damola (3rd Year HSPS, Cambridge) We sat down with Natalya Kristen to discuss her experiences with anxiety and OCD whilst completing her studies. Natalya is a future trainee solicitor, currently studying for her SQE. She completed an MPhil at Cambridge and is passionate about mental health awareness, access, and inclusion. Natalya and her…
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How to embrace (or survive) the term break
Paige McAvoy (3rd Year PBS Student, University of Cambridge) You just survived a whole term! But what now? It can be difficult to structure your time over the break to get the most out of it, so I’m going to share some tips. My qualifications? I’m in my final year, and I stayed living in college over nearly every term break (too many siblings at home for a bedroom). After having super…
From Homesick to Happy: Tips for International Students
Beth Lew (1st Year PBS Student, University of Cambridge) Moving miles away from home for university is an unimaginable feat. Packing your entire life into a few bags, leaving the one place you’ve known your entire life, and getting assimilated into a foreign country. It’s not surprising then, that we get pangs of homesickness, wishing we could be curled up in our bed at home. This could be…
Friendship and Fun: A Practical Guide to Thriving at Cambridge for Anxious Introverts
Ellie Bowden (2nd Year ASNC, University of Cambridge) Making friends can be difficult. Making friends in a new place where you don’t know anyone can be even more difficult. Making friends in a new place, where you have to do your own laundry, feed yourself, respond to emails, go to lectures, and prepare for supervisions? That can be really difficult. Social Anxiety? Never heard of her! I…
Starting University Can Be Daunting, so How Can You Manage It?
Bethany Lew ( 1st Year PBS student, University of Cambridge) For many of us, university brings a lot of “firsts”. The first time living independently, the first time having a flexible schooling schedule, or even the first time being away from home sweet home. As you navigate these new experiences, it’s only natural for negative feelings to arise. You might find yourself thinking, “How do I…
The Unhealthy Impact of Health Anxiety: What is it and Tips to Give Your Mind a Rest
Valeriya Damola (2nd Year HSPS Student, University of Cambridge) TW – mention of eating disorders, OCD Picture the scene – it’s cold, I have three essays due in, and I am standing outside the Urgent Treatment Centre in Addenbrooke’s. I joke to my friend, ‘I don’t even need to be affiliated with a college, I could just live here during term time’. We laugh. It’s funny, in the moment, to think…
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There Is No Point in Ruminating - It’s Already Happened: Learning to Let Go and Move On
Valeriya Damola (2nd Year HSPS Student, University of Cambridge) The Cambridge Dictionary provides two definitions of ‘rumination’. The first is ‘the act of thinking carefully and for a long period about something’1 and the second is ‘the act of bringing up food from the stomach and chewing it again’2, from the Latin word ‘ruminatus’ referring to cows chewing cud. This etymology is more than…
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Accepting the Lows as well as the Highs of Mental Health: Tips on How to Get Out of a Rut
Valeriya Damola (2nd Year HSPS Student, University of Cambridge) “Be softer with you. You are a breathing thing. A memory to someone, a home to a life” Nayyirah Waheed ‘Everybody has bad days’ is a line I always hear whenever I tell anyone that I am struggling mentally. I used to brush it off because I found it quite dismissive, but the more I have thought about it, the more I have learned to…
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Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health: Breaking Stigmas Globally
Swetha Kannan (PhD Student, Dept. of Medicine, University of Cambridge) Introduction Mental health, an omnipresent facet of the human experience, knows no geographical boundaries. However, its manifestation, understanding, and societal response significantly differ across cultures. As the founder and president of a global non-governmental organization (NGO)…
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Healing from Collective Trauma: Navigating the Path to Recovery
– Swetha Kannan (PhD Student, Dept. of Medicine, University of Cambridge) Introduction Collective trauma, defined as the shared emotional and psychological distress experienced by a group of people in response to a traumatic event, can have profound and lasting effects on individuals and communities. Whether caused by war, natural disasters, or other catastrophic events, the impact of…
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Navigating the Storm: Protecting Your Mental Well-Being While Contributing to Humanity in Crisis
Swetha Kannan (PhD Student, University of Cambridge; SMC Committee Member 2023-24) In a world perpetually confronted by humanitarian crises, the importance of safeguarding your mental well-being while staying committed to making a difference cannot be overstated. The weight of global suffering can be overwhelming, but our capacity to effect change is intrinsically linked to our resilience. Let’s…
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“You’re just shy”: myths and misconceptions about social anxiety
Check out Connie Hemming's article on social anxiety available on our website now! As always, we hope you find our blog a friendly and welcoming space for discussions of mental health. Please contact us if you'd like to make a contribution to our blog!
By Connie Hemmings CW// anxiety and discussions of mental health Social anxiety, defined by the NHS as a “long-term and overwhelming fear of social situations” is a type of anxiety disorder that typically develops in the early teens. It is one of the most common anxiety disorders, with as many as 1 in 10 adults having social anxiety disorder to some degree (Patient Access). Social anxiety can…
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Useful Tips to Savour the 8-Week Term
Useful Tips to Savour the 8-Week Term
By Gabriel Cooper The notorious eight-week term. Like many of you, I too have come to know the je ne sais quoi of this elusive yet slogging endeavour. As a postgraduate coming from United States universities where 15-week semesters are the norm and 10-week quarters are viewed as pulling teeth, the 8-week term seemed unreasonably short in theory. In practice it often feels that way too. It is…
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Invisible eating disorders: how our health service failed us
In this moving and passionate piece, Hannah Lucek explores the impact of invisible eating disorders, and the barriers she faced in accessing support
By Hannah Lucek TW// detailed discussion of eating disorders, medical appointments, mental health and accessing treatment In an overstretched National Health Service, it is inevitable that severe cases are prioritised. We see this all the time when people are left waiting for hours in A&E for treatment as doctors understandably attend to urgent cases first. The issue with eating disorders,…
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Never Give Compliments Based on Weight
Never Give Compliments Based on Weight
By Brianna Mitchell CN: Discussion of weight and body image Recently, I had a chat with a friend, who brought up something that had bothered her because she knew that it had also bothered me: being complimented on weight loss. The one thing that both of us have in common is that we were never intending to lose weight. My weight loss came naturally at age 15 when I took up competitive dancing…
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Is the stress of your degree worth it?
"This struggle doesn’t have to be alone, even if nobody else knows that you are fighting..." Reflecting on her personal experience, Brianna Mitchell explores the pros and cons of re-evaluating whether you should continue your degree
By Brianna Mitchell Before professors nationwide begin to panic at the loaded nature of the title, the truth is that there is no binary answer as to whether it is worth doing a degree if it compromises your mental wellbeing. What there should be is a healthy debate. Having considered this myself, at a time where I couldn’t see a way forward, I feel that staying at university was the right…
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Are you ready for counselling?
Are you ready for counselling?
By Brianna Mitchell Counselling is commonplace within the UK. Your experience of it and the benefits you get out of it will often depend on your mindset. This article intends to help you realise whether counselling would be of benefit to you at this moment. If not, there are plenty of other options! If you are willing to talk out loud about how you are feeling, to not shut down, to not pretend…
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