I’ve also really suffered from the loss of relationship and connectiveness with the long covid and the pandemic. All the days of let’s-meet-for-coffees are long gone. I just don’t have the extra energy. Even when I try, I often ended up cancelling, and well, people just stop inviting you after a while. My smartphone has …
“Balancing my research, clinical job, and family life during this time took a lot out of me. Keeping an eye on the end goal and trying to stay positive obviously helped, but what really helped me overcome this period was the support from my colleagues and my family.“ I migrated from India to pursue research …
“For healthcare workers, it was about survival. It wasn’t easy watching patients deteriorate and die, we’d spend hours in full PPE and we didn’t know when we were going to have the time to eat, drink, go to the bathroom. We all kind of just pushed through, because what else could we do? “ The pandemic …
I’m entirely employed by the NHS, but I’m also an academic. There has been a conflict between the two recently, that I hadn’t realised was a conflict in the first place. I’m now facing issues with my organization, which has had a toll on my mental health. My integrity and honesty are being questioned which …
“But every silver lining has a cloud, and the cloud in this case is the stress of being a medical academic. The currency in academia is one of publications and grants. And so, the pressure of having to produce papers and having your research be fruitful all while being under intense academic scrutiny is nothing …
“I needed to become a psychologist, someone qualified to help and able to do so. But at the same time, I was a patient, with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder“ Training as a clinical psychologist, I found myself holding two different and at times what felt like incompatible identities. I needed to become a psychologist, …
“Everything was so chaotic. The doctors and nurses were running everywhere. At first, I didn’t really know what to do. I was standing there, and then I thought, alright, I have to write the time down, to document everything.“ Throughout my medical training, the worst mental health experience I had at the hospital is something …
Medical students definitely experience serious mental health tolls during their time in medical school due to heavy workloads and tough timelines. This toll is especially significant for medical students moving across countries and living far away from their homes and in student dormitories. One medical student I know experienced depression in his first year due …
“Such fleeting things, these post-it notes. But these small pieces of sticky paper hold an entirely different meaning for me. What do you think of when you see post-it notes? Well, I see them every day, and I think of my loved ones.“ What do you think of when you see post-it notes? Hastily scribbled …
Whenever we stop to think about how we got to where we are, it’s tempting to romantically recall a journey crafted by intelligent design. In reality, everyone’s story is littered with happenstances that nudged them towards where they are now. Based on your spiritual convictions, you will either perceive such events as fate, chance, or …