definately, there's no point in pushing yourself when you're feeling low, you wont be as productive for a start and you'll take longer to recover. Give yourself a well deserved break and spend today watching day time TV like a proper student

poor piglet...hug from me to Dx

Sorry guys I shoudl have posted earler to say give Athina my best, I really hope she feels better soon. In some peoples eyes that may make me strange, wishing someone that I have never personally met the best, however,

yep, ditto just reference them as you would a normal article, for help with referencing ect tho I reccomend you download the MHRA handbook... everything you ever wanted to know about formatting ect and then some you can download it for free from here

http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/download.shtml

you're nowhere near being a failure sixkitten What area is it you're working on? I'm a history geek myself

Guys, please dont worry yourselves. I'm in the second year of a social sciences PhD and for those doing similar I can tell you that a lot of your first year will be spent reading and working out what the hell your thesis will be about(which by the way may change drastically ). Add into that if your teaching undergrads aswell and it may feel at times that you're making not much progress at all!! Your first year, however, is about the ground work,keep a bibliography and regularly update it and you'll realise that your actually doing a helluva lot more than you think you are!

well my mum fancies him if that helps

purely for the fact it was on 666 and creepin me out I have to post!

Quickly, find a poster/pic of a halk naked Ronaldo and stare at it itently...otherwise you risk turning to the dark side... sing with me 'there's only one Ronaldo' and follow with chorus of 'Fergie Wonderland'...

Waiting to get in the shower and it's being thoroughly hogged by my housemate...how long can it take to shampoo, condition and shower, I mean is she bathing in asses milk in there or something?!?!. Grrrr she just beat me into the bathroon as welll...double grrr

go for a walk, fresh air does wonders for clearing the head, exercise generally is good for relieving frustration, especially something like badminton were you can just smash the shuttlecock...no innuendos to follow

Heya, I dont think its a good idea to diagnose yourself courtesy of wikapaedia. Really, the best thing is to make an apponitment to see your GP. If your uni health centre is anything like mine, they'll have a counciling service at least, or a therapist which your GP can refer you to. It does sound as if you have some of the symptoms of depression, perhaps. To discuss it futher and yoUr options I think that you need to see a professional. Dont stew alone by yourself, its the worse thing you could do. All the best, D

can we arrange some kind of rota, where you lend him out to one of us each day...naturally you'd get him for the wkend

Can empathise there... been doing that for the last week, but finally got the revisions done and chapter sent of today, yey!! Maybe use the feeling of how good it will finish to get it done as motivation?

Ohhh he sounds perfect....can I borrow him...