By Scarlet Connelly a 1st Year Childhood Psychology NTU student As many of you will know, this week is Mental Health Awareness Week. A week that touches home for a lot of people, because so many of us struggle with our mental health. I am one of those people, and today, I aim to share … More How I pulled myself out of the blackest hole
Written by Leanne Haywood a MSc Psychological Wellbeing and Mental Health Student & Student Mental Health Champion This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year is nature. Nature has so many benefits for our mental health and my research interests are centred around improving mental health and wellbeing through access to nature … More Mental Health Awareness Week – Nature
By Jighna Chauhan a 2nd Year Psychology NTU student Content warning: This blog mentions personal experience around self-harm and eating disorders which some readers might find triggering. This feels a little strange to write, so let me introduce myself first. My name is Jighna but my friends call me Jig, I’m 20 years old and … More Eating Disorders and Self-Harm Awareness – My Story
Written by a current 1st year Childhood Psychology NTU student Content warning: This blog mentions personal experience around self-harm which some readers might find triggering. Today is Self-Harm Awareness Day. It is 2021 and there are still so many myths and misconceptions around self-harm, those who haven’t experienced self-harm or been in that situation may not always understand … More Self-Harm Awareness Day blog
By Fiona Duncan-Steer, Theatre Design NTU Alumni With the UK still in lockdown some have been bossing their time in lockdown and enjoying the downtime, whilst others are just plain fed up and ready to be released. There is no right or wrong in how you are feeling and every emotion you have is justifiable … More Master Your Mindset
Today is Time to Talk Day, a national awareness day which helps to raise awareness of the importance of talking about mental health and starting that conversation. Today on the blog we have a Student Mental Health Champion sharing her advice for having that all important conversation with someone. By Leanne, a current MSc Psychological … More Time to Talk Day: Tips for talking about mental health
Written by a Phoebe Formby a current 3rd year BSc Psychology BSc student So, we made it! It’s finally term 2. I’m pretty sure term 1 was the longest term of my life. With the second lockdown and a Christmas in isolation, I kind of thought coronavirus would be over by now…but here we are. … More Sleepy students: How to manage your health and well-being this term
Written by Yomi Olusunle a current NTU Psychology MSc Student The article below a discussion on suicide. Please take care as this article may be triggering for you. There’s absolutely no shame in struggling with suicidal ideations. If you are struggling or you know someone who is, I need you to know that you don’t … More Managing suicidal thoughts
Written by Madalina Enea a 2nd year Fashion Marketing and Branding student As young adults and adults in general, we have to deal with stress occasionally if not, on a daily basis. Due to given circumstances, the stress might have been increased for so many of us and learning how to cope with a new … More Stress management tips
Written by Ellis Farnworth a 3rd Year Law and Criminology NTU student We are all victim to our human habits especially around the winter months and the start of the New Year. We task ourselves with workloads and aspirations. Now don’t get me wrong aspirations are never a bad thing, however, setting yourself challenges should … More Looking after ourselves going into the New Year
