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Below you will find regularly updated articles written by the wellbeing team covering a range of topics to help support your mental wellbeing. Please browse all of the articles and check back for new and updated posts.

If you are a student at The University of Sheffield and you would like to share your top tips on wellbeing or have suggestions for future blogs, please email us at: studentwellbeingblog@sheffield.ac.uk.

What is Neurodiversity?

Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways; there is no one...

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The Incessant Beast that is Loneliness

Written by Gabriel, 301 intern “I don’t know how you manage” I hear quite often. Depending on how close I am with whoever utters these...

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BURNOUT.

This article has been written & shared with us by Mohammad Askari, a student from the department of Engineering. I usually draft my posts...

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Tips to look after your wellbeing during worrying world affairs

For the last month, we have been thrust into a world where we have been continually exposed to distressing, shocking and...

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Sexual Communication - Why is it Important?

Communication in any relationship is indispensable for creating a strong bond between a couple and a part of that communication is...

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When can procrastinating be healthy?

Article from Patient.info We often hear about the negative effects of procrastinating, from the additional stress it causes to poorer...

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How to Know If You Are In a Healthy Relationship

Relationships are an important part of a healthy life. Research has consistently shown that social connections are critical for both...

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Why we need to normalise self-care for men

Article from Patient.info We're often encouraged to prioritise productivity over our health and well-being. When we're busy, practising...

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Self-care, how to make it work for you

Self-care can mean different things to different people. For many, with the current prevalence of an ever-growing multi-million-pound...

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Winter Wellbeing

Tips to look after your wellbeing this Christmas Obviously, all of us will be in very different situations this winter holiday. But...

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Your wellbeing matters this Christmas

Christmas can be a joyful time of year for some people, through connecting to people they love and joining in with celebrations. And it...

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Revision Tips: How to avoid a meltdown in the exam hall.

Experts offer their advice on exam preparation – from different studying methods to dealing with mid-paper panic Article take from The...

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Managing the Impacts of Being Spiked

Spiking is a topic that has populated the media since the re-opening of nightclubs a few months ago, and unfortunately Sheffield hasn’t...

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Guidance and tips for navigating conversations with a friend about their wellbeing

We all experience difficulties at different times in our life. When we are distressed it is hard to think logically and see things...

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How to stop overthinking in the middle of the night

Article Taken from the Telegraph* We’ve all been there – awake at 3am – but while some of us can go back to sleep easily, for others it’s...

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Right as rain! 10 ways to boost your mood on grey, wet or cold days

I read this article in the Guardian newspaper, and as we are now (reluctantly) heading into the darker colder months, it has some great...

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Research Reveals How to Take a Better Break

Something here which we probably all have to learn how to do better with our working lives, our studies, and in our lives in general when...

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Sleep

Sleep, is essential for all areas of our physical and mental wellbeing. We usually know when we are not getting enough, or how energised...

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‘Balance is fulfilling’: how to look after your mental health at uni

Another really good article I came across recently, the title says it all really! From the Guardian online (https://www.theguardian.com/e...

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Students spill the beans on how they plan to eat well at uni - From the BBC website

Great article for all of those who are at uni for the first time and want some helpful guidance on how to keep yourselves well fed with...

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