Ben Holden discusses why psychopathology is following in the footsteps of intelligence, and why that’s a good thing.
Illustration by Rosa Bonnin
Tag: mental health
Disability Looks Like This: On my OCD, fear of plug sockets, and pigeon logic
“If I properly listened to the disorder, I’d wrap everyone I loved in bubble wrap and wrap myself up in it too and put us all in a room with walls and floors made of pillows and make sure we took our vitamins every single day and then maybe I wouldn’t ever have to be anxious again. But even that probably wouldn’t work.”
In the first instalment of her column, Disability Looks Like This, Ellie Redpath explores her experience of OCD and its pervasiveness in her daily life.
The force of habits
Angelina Shcherbakova talks about forming habits and how we can stick to building good ones!
Counting graces
Amrita Shenoy discusses gratitude, and the importance of including it in your routines.
Self-care vs self-comfort – why you need both
Millie Zhou explores the difference between self-care and self-comfort, and the importance of a balance between both – especially in lockdown.
Handling Hilary online: tips for a virtual term
Although it may not have been surprising, given the perilous point at which the UK finds itself in the Coronavirus pandemic, the announcement that Hilary term will be online for most of the term will have been disappointing for many. Many Oxford students will not return to college accommodation at all this term, and even Read More…
Why lockdown 3 is the perfect time to start running
Jessica Searle makes a case for why now ‘is not just a good time, but is actually the perfect time to start running’!
Covid’s Mental Health Crisis
“The combination of isolation, anxiety, fear, economic hardship, and the actual physical effects of the virus itself, have been disastrous for many, and the effects of Covid-19 on mental health have yet to be determined.”
Maebh Howell describes the impact of Covid-19 on mental health.
The musical mental health malady: How Jesy Nelson leaving Little Mix signals a need for change
Hajar Munirah explores how the music industry can avoid losing more artists like Jesy Nelson.
At war with my own mind: fighting back against OCD and body hatred
Alessandro Giacometto recounts his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and body dysmorphia.