{"id":2444,"date":"2019-04-29T12:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/panic-at-the-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:37:00","slug":"panic-at-the-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/panic-at-the-conference","title":{"rendered":"Panic at the conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">This week I had a conference to go to in London. As a PhD student conferences are pretty common, but dealing with anxiety can make them less enjoyable than they should be, and more challenging than expected!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">For most people, a quick overnight stay in London, and a two day conference would not be anything to worry about at all, but for me\u2026 it was a different story. I am now going to show you just some of the thoughts going through my head, and let you into the inner workings of my anxious brain. Prepare yourselves!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if my alarm doesn\u2019t go off?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if my taxi doesn\u2019t come?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if my train is delayed, or cancelled?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if I can\u2019t get an oyster card?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if my oyster card doesn\u2019t work?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Where am I going again?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Do I have a back-up route?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if I don\u2019t like the food?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Or if I am not hungry?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What do I talk to people about?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Do I actually tell them about my work (I work on GMO\u2019s; many people at the meeting were very anti-GMO)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if they find me on Twitter and realise what I work on?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>How do I get to my hotel?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What am I going to have for dinner?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Are there places nearby?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list 36.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>What if the hotel booking has gone wrong?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Yeah\u2026 that\u2019s just a snapshot into my brain, the morning of the conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%227939%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Panic%20at%20the%20conference.png\" style=\"border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><br \/><strong>Source: pixabay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Some of these were reasonable worries I think, but most, now I look at them written down, really weren\u2019t!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">So, how did I cope with it all? I wrote a lot of anxiety charts &#8211; writing down the destructive thoughts going round inside my head, writing down the chances of these coming true; basically putting them all in perspective.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I am glad to say I survived the conference! Wooh \u2013 not that I was ever not going to survive. I have done plenty of conferences before, and been to London before too &#8211; and yet at times I still felt overwhelmed by these anxious and negative thoughts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Now that I am back home and reflecting on what I did and how I coped, I am pleased. Sure I definitely had a reduced appetite on these days, and\u00a0yes, I had to take some extra anxiety medication. But I went to London, I went to the conference, I networked, I asked questions, I travelled around, I survived. I am going to concentrate on all those small achievements rather than the negatives, and I can use this to back-up and challenge future anxious predictions I may have revolving around a conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Last year I really don\u2019t think I could have done this by myself. This year I have, and although I still have a lot to improve on, I am getting there. And I am proud what I have achieved.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%227940%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Panic%20at%20the%20conference%202.png\" style=\"border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><br \/><strong>Source: Flickr, Bernard Goldbach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><u>For more information on anxiety and self-help treatments:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellbeingnands.co.uk\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.wellbeingnands.co.uk\/<\/a>\u00a0(Norfolk wellbeing service)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/diagnosis-treatment\/conditions\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/diagnosis-treatment\/conditions\/anxiety-disorders\/about?gclid=CM_7xPz69tQCFYY_GwodvucJOQ<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getselfhelp.co.uk\/freedownloads2.htm\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.getselfhelp.co.uk\/freedownloads2.htm<\/a>\u00a0(full of free to download self help charts)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anxietybc.com\/help-resources\/cbt\/self-help-cognitive-behavioural-therapy\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.anxietybc.com\/help-resources\/cbt\/self-help-cognitive-behavioural-therapy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Dr. Erica Hawkins (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScientistErica\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@ScientistErica<\/i><\/a><i>) is a postdoctoral scientist working on starch synthesis in plants. This story was published on July 7, 2017, on Dr. Hawkins\u2019 blog, &#8216;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/scientisterica.wordpress.com\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>A scientist called Erica<\/i><\/a><i>\u2019 (available\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/scientisterica.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/07\/panic-at-the-conference\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>), and has been republished here with her permission<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I had a conference to go to in London. As a PhD student conferences are pretty common, but dealing with anxiety can make them less enjoyable than they should be, and more challenging than expected! 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