TW: sexual violence, suicide, mental illness. When campus is the biggest trigger for your mental illness, it makes studying almost impossible. I suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and this comes with numerous difficulties which are tough to cope with at the best of times and even harder to come...
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Compared to school, family life and work, life at university is a fairly sexualized place. For most people it is the time after moving out of your parents’ house, and before getting married, where you can be free to explore without prying eyes. If you are not heterosexual this means...
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I live with a mental illness which requires me to take a number of prescribed psychiatric medications including antipsychotics and antidepressants. My diagnosis is borderline personality disorder and I also have symptoms of psychosis/underlying which is why I take the antipsychotics. I was seen at an NHS specialist unit every...
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“I’m disappointed in you.” Quite possibly the most earth-shatteringly awful words that you can hear from a parent. What could I have done to elicit such a response? Failed a module? Got pregnant? Taken drugs? No, I participated in my rowing team’s charity naked calendar. I am not ashamed of my...
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There was an overwhelming sense of disorientation and shame that I felt when I woke up in bed with someone who wasn’t my partner. Just before I went out that night, I was telling some friends how great things were going with my partner. A few hours later they were...
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One writer shows us how to use make-up to spook everyone this Halloween...
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A Warwick student shares their personal struggle with having a sibling suffering from mental health issues There have been many articles written on what it is like to experience depression and anxiety as a student, which is wonderful and will hopefully help combat the stigma surrounding mental illness. However, I...
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One anonymous writer shares their experience of being a virgin at university...
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Another anonymous writer gives us an insight into the ups and downs of interracial dating
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A few days ago I returned home from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016, and I am completely exhausted. I am so tired I’m pretty sure I can smell colours now. In many ways the fringe was the best experience, but it was also the worst. I don’t think I have...
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When I came to University I was full of hope. This was was something I’d worked for for years, something which I had the capacity to do. I was a poor student, below the lowest wage line, at one of the best universities in the country. I’d smashed more statistics than I...
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After the recent vote to approve the renewal of the submarines carrying Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent, we decided to pit two Science & Tech writers against each other to answer a simple question: Should Science be used to kill people? Reece Goodall says YES: As the government pushes a vote to...
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Testimonials of experiences of racism on campus. It not only disrespectful to people of colour, but to everyone who has stood up against discrimination.
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