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The Psychology Student with Psychological Struggles
The Psychology Student with Psychological Struggles

Psychology has been a passion of mine ever since I started studying at A-level: 6 years ago (how on earth is it 2020!!?). For the first year of sixth form I wasn’t in the best head-space; in fact, I barely passed my exams (thank goodness for retakes). However, one thing I could take away with a smile was a new-found love for a discipline I have indulged ever since; now studying Psychology at undergrad with the Open University.

I have always been drawn to the 'abnormal', how as a species our psychological state can deviate to such an extent it no longer fits within expected parameters. But what do you do, when you find yourself outside of the lines marking 'normal' function?

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Samantha Newportstudent, depression, anxiety, student depression, psychology, psychological struggles
Growing and Grieving
Growing and Grieving

I remember sitting on the sofa with my mum at five years old, crying that I missed my dad. I remember not knowing what I was sad about, I was two when he passed, so what did I miss? I remember being told he would be proud of me growing up. I remember being told I looked like him, acted like him, that I carried him, within me. But who was that? Who was he? Who am I if I portray a person I never even knew?

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Samantha Newportloss, death, grieving, grief, growing and grieving, growing, mum, cried, dad, miss him, i miss my dad, sad, passed, passed away, grief is a process, process, dead, pain, anger, sadness, denial, angerfrustration, depression, emptiness, missing someone, growing up, struggles, father, Father's Day, Father-Daughter time, daughter, brother, familt, memory, acceptance, proud, loveComment