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There are things that no one talks about after leaving a toxic workplace or toxic team 🧵. -the period of decompression you go through -the bad habits you have to unlearn -the closure that you never get 1/3

Backup your work.

Is #WorldMentalHealthDay How to help people struggling? Just say #ALGEE: A - approach L - listen nonjudgmentally G - give reassurance & information E - encourage professional support E - encourage other type of support #AcademicChatter PhD Voice - Independently Run PostdocVoice MHFA England®

Over the past ~15 years, multiple therapists have diagnosed me with an unspecified anxiety disorder & a depressive disorder. But last month, my new therapist told me that, all this time, I'd been misdiagnosed. What happened next changed my life: 1/ #WorldMentalHealthDay

Lazy = I don’t want to do the thing. ADHD = I desperately WANT to do the thing, but I just can’t seem to START doing the thing.

Thank you Duncan Sproul for pointing out I forgot the link to Masud Husain excellent editorial doi.org/10.1093/brain/…

Dear #AcademicTwitter, any advice for a student with a bout of chronic pain the day of their PhD viva? Do they take a painkiller that makes them slow and drowsy? Or not, and do the viva in pain? Do they tell the examiners? Dr Zoë Ayres PhD Voice - Independently Run Enabled in Academia Disabled in Higher Ed - #DisInHigherEd

BBSRC PhD opportunities thread: December edition! ☃️ If your team or institution has a BBSRC-funded PhD opportunity, tell us about it in the comments 👇

I relate to this so much! Also, the forever question of what you can/should claim and what not. And then seeing your colleagues claim twice as many things as you. Or taking taxis everywhere... But also, conferences are EXPENSIVE and otherwise unaffordable.

Interesting idea. Lots of benefits, lots of potential problems. Looking forwards to seeing how it goes!

If you're perpetually frustrated by some piece of software in your lab, please post or DM me screenshots, and a rant of all your frustrations with it (swearing encouraged). Trying to get some of science's worst interfaces in front of good designers. 🧑‍🎨

Any recommended books or podcast for surviving first-gen/low-income PhD students? Need some encouragement over break 🫠

Your periodic reminder that charity will never solve what public policy was meant to address. The generosity of strangers is not a substitute for good public policy.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 We are deeply disappointed to hear that the 10-year cross-government Mental Health & Wellbeing Plan has been scrapped. Here’s why 👇

It is more than "okay" to celebrate any and all of your achievements, big or small. Remember, you are the one who gets to decide what is worth celebrating. Take the time to acknowledge and enjoy your wins.

Neuroscience is for girls (but not women- yet) There is a tendency to think that the gap between the number of men and women in science is closing. However, the statistics throw up data which suggests we might conclude the opposite.

PhD students do better research when they’re not worried about basic living expenses. #PhDVoice PostdocVoice

It is with utmost sorrow and heavy hearts to announce the passing of our President and Co-Founder of BlackinChem, Samantha “Sammy” Mensah. She was a phenomenal activist, leader, inventor, science communicator. and a doctoral candidate in chemistry at UCLA. (1/3)

Universities: “We support #AcademicMentalHealth” Us: “Reduce workloads, accommodate disabled and neurodivergent staff, increase stipends, take action against bullies, increase postdoc salaries, create more permanent jobs” Universities: “Not like that” OpenAcademics