mental health

  • How to Study for 8 hours in Med School and Learn NOTHING

    How to Study for 8 hours in Med School and Learn NOTHING

    I’m sure you’ve all been halfway through an unproductive weekend and found yourself so guilty on the Sunday that you actually wake up early for once, make yourself a healthy breakfast and find a nice spot in the house for a big day of study. And despite your best efforts, in my experience this…

  • Wellbeing Stories: Year 2

    Wellbeing Stories: Year 2

    For Blue Week this year, we asked people at different stages of their journey through medicine to share their wellbeing stories unique to their stage of medical education or career. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or…

  • Wellbeing Stories: Year 1

    Wellbeing Stories: Year 1

    For Blue Week this year, we asked people at different stages of their journey through medicine to share their wellbeing stories unique to their stage of medical education or career. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or…

  • The Stitches of Final Year

    The Stitches of Final Year

    There’s something meditative about suturing. Positioning the first bite, puncturing the tattered skin and fascia, pronating your wrist to feed the needle through. So, whenever the opportunity has arisen in my Emergency Medicine rotation, I’ve taken it. My interrupted sutures have never been so aesthetically pleasing. But, there’s an ulterior motive behind my frenzy…

  • You were not the Imposter

    You were not the Imposter

    If you’ve been on the internet or social media at any point in the past year or so, you’re probably familiar with Among Us. You know – the game where you play as a colourful little astronaut character (a Crewmate) on an abandoned spaceship, trying to complete your tasks and keep the ship running.…

  • Boxing: My Saviour

    Boxing: My Saviour

    My journey with boxing began about a year ago and with it came some major life changes. All for good, I believe.  It might sound cliché, but this sport makes me feel alive. There is a common notion that feeling has a lot to do with pushing one’s own boundaries and boxing pushed me…

  • Luck vs Hard Work

    Luck vs Hard Work

    The first thing they tell you when you get into medicine is that you are studying with the best of the best; the cream of the crop. Certainly, everyone that gets in is hard working, is at least somewhat intelligent, and is usually a little optimistic to start with, but what kind of luck…

  • My Men’s Mental Health Story

    My Men’s Mental Health Story

    Story 1 One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced with my mental health is undoubtedly the image of men needing to be stoic. Not only is it reinforced with men, but further reinforced by my culture. It took me many years to realise that bottling up emotions wasn’t healthy for me – a close…

  • MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 3, 4 + BEYOND

    MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 3, 4 + BEYOND

    This Blue Week, we asked people at different stages in their medical career, to share their personal Wellbeing Stories unique to the current context of their medical careers. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or the only…

  • MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 2

    MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 2

    This Blue Week, we asked people at different stages in their medical career, to share their personal Wellbeing Stories unique to the current context of their medical careers. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or the only…