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Living in Lockdown

May 13, 2020 Laura 1 Comment

2020 started wonderfully. I was feeling relaxed, motivated and excited to get back to my PhD. However, as we all…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: anxiety, coronavirus, coventry university, covid-19, depression, development, experiences, health, journey, lockdown, PhD, PhD journey, stress, week, work

I’m Back Baby!

March 9, 2020 Laura 3 Comments

So I’ve been back at University for nearly two months now and gosh time has just flown by. I’m not…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: anxiety, coventry university, depression, development, experiences, health, journey, PhD, PhD journey, stress, week, work

Anxiety about going back to my PhD

December 10, 2019 Laura 1 Comment

So, I thought I would do a quick update from my last post on my mental health. Generally, I am…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: anxiety, coventry university, depression, development, experiences, health, journey, PhD, PhD journey, stress

Lets talk about mental health: My story

September 14, 2019 Laura 7 Comments

I have taken around 9 months off now due to mental ill health, officially suspending my studies in March. During…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey, Reflections Filed under: coventry university, development, experiences, health, journey, mental health, PhD, PhD journey, stress

Poem: Off Sick

March 14, 2019 Laura 7 Comments

Hi all, I’ve been pretty silent lately, so I wrote you a poem. I hope you like it.   Off…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: acceptance, development, directions, experiences, health, mental health, PhD, PhD journey, Poem, Poetry, sick, stress, student, TMD, TMJ

Managing a health condition during my PhD

January 21, 2019 Laura 5 Comments

This post is a hard one to write, let alone to share it. But, managing chronic pain and mental health…

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Posted in: My PhD Journey Filed under: acceptance, career, development, experiences, health, health condition, mental health, PhD journey, Temporomandibular disorder, TMD, TMJ

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