thanks!!! how could i forget the BSA?

Hi all

Been trying to find a conference in which to present this year, and I do not know where to start! i have checked some websites of organisations that work with my topic.

Does anyone want know a website where they list social science/human ities conferences?

thaaanks!

Thanks everyone!! I do exercise regularly, don't drink coffee after lunch... I think it can feel very overwelming,and in april i will be half way through, which is an important milestone.
Maybe I need a proper break, have not really had one for ages. A break meaning "forgetting about the phd" for a wee while.
My supervisor described the feeling of always thinking about your phd as "carrying an elephant with you all the time". this is how i feel!

Aaaargh. Everytime i try to sit and read i cannot concentrate and i still feeling very anxious...tight chest, tense, mind going in all directions but the pages of my books. Sounds familiar? it is making me feel so down and guilty. any advice?
i am on a doooooowwwwwn. :-(

Internet...facebook..."can't do it"...tidying and washing.

I don't think it is about flashing titles around. I am getting into the first year of my phd, it is hard work and it will get harder as the months roll on, I am skint, I am stressed...and while you can say that i chose to do this (as I did), i will also chose to have my title. If I feel i deserve it, why not? I don't expect people to treat me differently because of the title, but i will not renounce to something i have earned and worked hard for!

"Hang me up to dry" by the Cold War Kids...soooo simple. yet sooo cool. im hooked.

Snappy_jaws, don't you worry! you haven't highjacked my thread! it isn't mine...we are all in the same boat!

We are definitely all in the same boat!
I am kind of new to this forum and so far i have found it great! welcome!

Snappy_jaws and JA...sure you can make it! and i will too.

Thanks guys! maybe talking to her may help... i think i've been scared of showing 'weakness', which is silly...had a good productive days so i feel slightly better!

I think that is fine...that is what i have been told to do as well! Often if you go to a conferene or presentation and the person reads what is already there on the slide show it ends up being super boring...i always think "I can read myself!", specially if people get the handouts or you can email them the presentation, there isn't much point in just reading.
Sounds to me like you are diong fine, and being different to others doesn't mean being wrong.
Good luck! you'll be fine!

Six months in and I am losing confidence...well, more like i have to find some confidence...I am starting to doubt myself. help! anyone had a crisis so early on? what can be done..?

Congratulations!
i think if you announce it to them in a relax/happy way, as opposed to saying 'sorry...but' and appear scared of their reaction...that may help their reaction. they have to see it as a baby! not as a problem.

Worst was choosing to press reply, instead of reply all, to an email that my second supervisor had written to both of us (regarding me attenting a course instead of an internal meeting, like 1st super wanted)...but worse was when she went maaaad at me when i said that i would like to be included in emails that concern me,instead of being left wondering...with deadline to book the course very close...