to me, it seems kind of rude to "judge" and make comments on your weight (even though they must have thought those were positive ones), especially if people don't know what happened in your life ^^ my weight changed a lot this past year (i acually have a very similar story to hannah's) and when it happens, you don't really know what to think about yourself bc the image of yourself that you had doesn't add up to how you really are anymore and what people say really matters bc you are kind of lost ^^ i don't know if that was clear but that's how i felt and fortunately, the people around me were great so i'm sorry you had to go through this

Katie Walden as someone who has taken strange ways through two different universities, I would suggest using a calendar obsessively. For me, anything that is not in the calendar is not planned at all. Try to give yourself a regular study schedule, with other plans outside that time. Also, just like Hannah said, never underestimate the power of a good break, but try to do something that activates your brain in a different way. I usually switch to my guitar when I take my breaks. My ADHD based schedule is "plan stuff with others, study when I don't have plans". I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone else, but it works for me. It basically only works because I can have a 16 hour work day followed by a day off, without any real problems.

Yes, please 😊

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Zoe AM university of Birmingham

this is a maaaajor issue with me so I don't have a solution so much as things which helped me, but honestly finding a study buddy in a different department to me helped! I spend all my time revising in the electrical engineering building as a chemistry student because I find a) having someone to go to college with makes me go in, because lord knows I try and fail to work at home and b) I find it far more stress inducing being around people who do the same subject as me because they always seem to want to talk about things I haven't properly studied yet! Also working with someone else does make me take breaks, and I get really into daily exercise during revision periods as I'm so much more sedentary than I would be in a lab for example and I personally find it really really helps me to make a good use of the university gym and exercise classes, otherwise I have loads of nervous energy built up which makes it hard to focus. Also I totally cut out caffeine recently (I have severe insomnia so it was a management technique which so far hasn't really helped that much) which helps ease off the nervous energy and actually makes it easier to focus when working. Also, take at least one full day off per week. I find I need it to recharge, sleep in, and also maintain the not so sexy self care things like doing laundry and tidying my house.

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she has the BEST voice, doesn’t she ;)

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Aw, sweet! :)

same, i'm 15 + love the content- this stuff is super taboo at school, it's great to have someone talking openly about it :) x

Same here! Her content is pretty much entertaining for anyone! :)

same, schools are quite terrible at educating us on topics that hannah deals with so articulately.

same here! I’m going into my gcse year next year so it would be amazing if you could do a video on how to cope with exam stress and any techniques you use :)) lots of love x

Ryan True something that helped me with school was picking up an instrument. I learned that taking 10 minutes breaks and playing the instrument for a 3-5 minutes helps me stay focused and have much less stress.

Andrew Behrend yeah, music helps me a lot, I was working myself into the ground doing 9-14.5hr work days but I'm getting there. Those 5hrs of aptitude tests I was allowed a 5 minute break every hour which killed me haha

twasonlyadream me too! My mental health took a real hit last semester 🙈I’m about to begin my dissertation and won’t have classes/will be studying from home all summer. I’m worried that it will be lonely. My classes were my social life and I won’t have them and that worries me 🙈

Tropical Els I think I might try it with ukulele. :) I also play violin and piano but I've never used them as a way to relax - I just used to try really hard to do loads of practice until I now kind of dislike learning anything new on them just cos it reminds me of so many stressful memories. :/

Me too :) I practised the piano even more than usual when studying for my exams last year.

Whoops forgot mention, would LOVE more videos on revision and mental health !