Sarah Stock

@folkysar.bsky.social

Recent finisher of PhD, current EFDSS operations person. Let me be your freelance epidemiologist?

adhd is nothing but new fun and annoying ways to make me feel like i'm never going to finish my phd at this point. everything is wrong and i can't sit still and i have under 3 weeks until my deadline for corrections which feels IMPOSSIBLE

Uninstalled Instagram from my phone for a bit because I’m overwhelmed and only slightly falling apart and it doesn’t help… The amount that I find myself on autopilot going to open it is actually quite terrifying.

I don't know if this will reach the right audience, because how do you get engagement on bluesky I don't know. BUT What did you get for yourself as a "wow I did my thesis!" reward? Bonus points if it's a tattoo - I want a PhD completion tattoo but I have no ideas. Many thanks #episky

You’ll be pleased to know that I did in fact receive my delivery on Wednesday and I was in fact making it all up according to Sainsbury’s investigation xxx

Sarah Stock@folkysar.bsky.social · last yr.

Blatant ableism and inaccessibility from @sainsburys.bsky.social this Thursday morning. I am so upset. ( messages are in the incorrect order because I can't switch them round because I'm in autistic shutdown now due to the stress of this situation) #neurodivergent #disability #accessibility

image of a chat conversation from Sainsbury's customer service where Sarah (in blue speech bubbles) repeatedly tells Sainsbury's they are unable to make calls due to their disability and Sainsbury's reply to say that they will "call back" to escalate the issue

My thesis feels like a huge unmanageable beast that I cannot get hold of. It is like a bunch of jelly that I am trying to make look all nice & shiny, but I'm using a hammer to do so. A large part of me cannot see it ever being done (I'm sure "everyone feels that and you will", but I still feel it🥴)

Trying to write a cover letter for a job during Christmas gooch week ought not to be allowed 😒 That being said, if anyone wants to tell me what a good cover letter does/doesn't include please do. I need a job and I am actually quite good.

This time of year is always such a lot. I am nowhere near where I thought I would be at the start of the year in basically any respect. And that's fine. This year has chucked a lot of stuff at me that I wasn't expecting it to I guess. But also it makes my brain go whizz whizz and it is annoying 😵‍💫🙃

Finishing a PhD is so... odd. "Oh well done for accomplishing such a huge piece of work, but now you must finish writing it without any more money because you didn't quite work fast enough (or faced barriers that were not quite extenuating enough to warrant an extension), best of luck x"

Pleased to finally see my first PhD paper published this morning! (I will do a proper tweet about it later with the info but right now I am just being proud of myself!)

You know what. Finishing up a PhD is a bit shite. What do you mean I've now been paid for the last time, I have finish writing it with next to no income whilst also trying to find the time and energy to apply for jobs (& likely not even get shortlisted for the things I'm well qualified for).

Can't help but feel that it is Unfair that my first PhD paper is subject to comments from 4 individual reviewers, I am but a small tiny epidemiology student trying my best. /hj

Hey bluesky, I have finally scuttled my way over here and I have no idea what I'm doing. As always, I'm here in search of neurodivergent PhD-doing friends & look forward to getting to chat away from El*n M*sk's watchful gaze 🫣