Mental Health & Self-Care
These resources may help researchers develop self-care practices in order to build resilience when faced with distressing research.
General Self-Care
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Mind: How can I help myself?
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Elizabeth Scott, Verywellmind: 5 Self-Care Practices for Every Area of Your Life
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PsychCentral: What Self-Care Is and What It Isn't
Grounding
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Healthline: 30 Grounding Techniques to Quiet Distressing Thoughts
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Sarah Allen: 7 Simple Grounding Techniques for Calming Down Quickly
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Living Well: Grounding Exercises
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The Survivors Trust: Grounding Techniques
Vicarious Trauma
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British Medical Association: Vicarious Trauma: Signs and strategies for coping
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US Office for Victims of Crime: What is Vicarious Trauma?
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Tend Academy: Defining Vicarious Trauma and Secondary Traumatic Stress
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Amy Cunningham, TEDxSanAntonio: Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma
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James Robins, New Republic: Can Historians be Traumatized by History?
Researcher Experience
These resources may help researchers to better navigate potentially distressing experiences during the course of undertaking violent, sensitive, or otherwise emotionally-demanding historical research.
Wellbeing
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Jessica Hammett and Claire Nunan for History Workshop: Researcher Wellbeing and What We Can Learn From Mental Health Professionals
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Jenny Barke, Aleema Gray, Jessica Hammett, Kate Mahoney & Yewande Okuleye for History Workshop: Emotions, Vulnerabilities, and Care in Sensitive Research
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Jessica Hammett, Agnes Arnold-Forster, Jenny Barke, James Dawkins, Hannah Elizabeth, Aleema Gray, Sophie Holley, Kate Mahoney, Claire Nunan and Yewande Okuleye for University of Bristol and The School of Applied Mental Health: Researcher Wellbeing: Guidelines for history researchers
Reflections & Methodologies
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Olwen Purdue for RHS Historical Transactions: Controversial Public History
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Beatriz Pichel, Katherine Rawling and Jennifer Wallis for RHS Historical Transactions: Historical Photographs as Sensitive Sources: Questions and Challenges
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Ruth Lawlor for AHA Perspectives on History: Working With Death: the Experience of Feeling In the Archive