Posts in "Physical and Mental Wellbeing"

*This blog contains personal experiences of mental health issues including depression, addiction and eating disorders*

Talking about mental health isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Tapping into your own thoughts is scary enough, let alone trying to discuss it with anyone else. It’s like letting your guard down and…

Are you a #NewYearNewMe type of a person? Or maybe you have already given up on your resolutions because of a blunder?

As the new year (and decade) have begun, many of us – if not the majority – have come up with things to change in our lives. However,…

It’s that time of the year again (no, it’s still not Christmas, ha!).

I’m talking about exam season!

Whether you like it or not, exams are just around the corner.

In other words, your palms are perhaps getting sweaty and your heart is racing like crazy…

The term is coming to an end which means that the only thing standing between you and some well-deserved time off is the exam period. It might be tempting, or maybe even feel necessary, to neglect your mental health during these few weeks so that you can fully focus on…

It’s Cyber Security Month!

For many people, October is identical with Halloween. But did you know, October is also a month dedicated for raising Cyber Security Awareness. If you are not being careful in the cyber world, things might get as spooky as your Halloween   

So what is cyber…

We think we have the knack of it–one leg in front of the other until one is three feet under. Biped locomotion, or to put it simply: walking, is a daily chore as we trudge, shuffle, strut, shimmy, drag or trot our way across campus. Yet, it…

At first, I wasn’t sure whether I should write this post, since I’ve always considered myself to be one of the lucky ones who doesn’t suffer from homesickness. The reality is a lot more complicated than that, since homesickness comes in a lot of different shapes and forms. I want…

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Hi! My name is Amy and I am a Go Abroad Ambassador here at the University of Aberdeen. I am in 4th year, studying Business Management and Hispanic Studies. Last year, I spent my year abroad in Madrid, Spain working as an English Language Assistant in a high school. It…