Online resources

For general mental health-related topics and concerns, the UC Wellbeing Hub is a helpful place to seek information:

• UC Wellbeing Hub

For more information on how others have experienced imposter syndrome and how to manage it, check out these articles:

• Imposter Syndrome
• Feel like a fraud? 
• Imposter Syndrome is Definitely a Thing
• Battling Imposter Syndrome: Graduate School Edition
• We’re all frauds: managing imposter syndrome in grad school

A key aspect in managing imposter syndrome is validating your self-worth, and here are some articles that might provide helpful ideas:

• CV of Failure - This Princeton Professor’s CV of failures is something we should all learn from
• The Professor Is In - Guidance for all things PhD (blog)
  • What Happens After You’ve Gotten All the A’s
  • Self-Criticism and the Academy

Below are some online resources specifically put together by research students and supervisors for research students. While these most often reference the PhD, students in other research degrees may experience a lot of similar feelings and events. 

• The Wellbeing Thesis
• Wellbeing when writing
• 100 PhD Rules of the game to successfully complete a doctoral dissertation
• 7 tips for efficient thesis writing
• Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD
• 10 reasons why a PhD can be challenging for your mental health

It is normal to experience stress at various times of the doctoral study process, and sometimes what is regarded as everyday stress could develop further into depression and/or anxiety when coping with intense studies. There are a range of signs and symptoms, and it is good to know what signs to look out for and where to seek help.

For more in-depth descriptions on signs of depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns, Depression.org.nz and Health Navigator New Zealand offer further insights:

• Signs of anxiety
• Signs of depression

• Depression in Graduate Studies, What are the Signs? (by Dr. Gary Christenson, MD)
• Facing Anxiety (Chronicle of Higher Education Channel)
• Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education
• Mental health challenges in grad school in STEM

• SAM (Self-help App for the Mind) - this app is developed by the university of the West England
• Calm - meditation and sleep app
• InsightTimer - free meditation tool
• Computer Assisted Learning for the Mind (CALM)