I can still remember the first time I encountered an anxiety attack. I don’t mean general anxiety from sitting an exam or a job interview. I mean the type of anxiety that – out of nowhere and for no reason whatsoever – presses its thumbs down on the ball in your throat.
By Ellen Kirkpatrick Reading time: 6 minutes The funny thing is that when Alice first mentioned I should write something for No Filter I said I wanted to write a piece about panic attacks, and then […]
By Alice Austin Reading time 5 mins Ruben is 28 and is in the 5th year of his double PhD in Computer Science. He is studying between Ghent University and TU Berlin. Ruben saw studying a […]
By Alice Austin Reading time: 5 mins Irene is 31, from Madrid and completed her PhD in Palestinian Theatre at SOAS in 2017. When I spoke to Irene it was the day before she handed in […]
Alice Austin Reading time: 5 mins This week I wrote an article for The I about why studying for a PhD can be bad for mental health. The article was a summary of a series of […]