We, academic workers in Dresden, share our personal struggles with the academic work environment and mental health. The letters you can read below are personal reflections on the challenges we face in our lives within the academic world.

Want to share your experience?

Letter content

The general idea is to write a letter about your experience at the intersection of mental health and academia. This may include experiences within academia (e.g. advisors, work environment, precarity, etc…), how personal experiences in your life were not accommodated for by academia, how academia fails to address and take care of your mental health, discrimination, what you wish to change, etc…

It is your choice how personal you want to be. Be aware of the level of detail you provide in your writing, which could lead to your identification. It is your choice, and we won’t edit your text.

We also ask you not to include anyone else’s name in your letter, as we cannot publish such letters.

Letter delivery

We collect all letters online in a drop-off only storage system and then publish them on this page at our earliest convenience.

  1. Upload your letter in that folder, preferably without meta-data (.txt file, .md file, or cleaned-up .pdf file). By doing so, you authorize us to publish your text anonymously.
  2. The letter will be read by a member of the association before posting on the website (~1 week).

Note: We may re-use your text without any alteration for further publication (e.g. printed version).

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