u/TheSoulVillage

As the question states, I've been conducting my first interviews for a report, and I just have no idea how to deal with my emotions during and after interviewing someone for research. I guess I'm wondering: how do you work with heavy topics and manage not to let them get to you too much?

For context, I'm interviewing people like conflict reporters and survivors of conflicts, mass atrocities, and human rights violations (overall very horrific and graphic stuff). I have another upcoming project that will need similar interviews, and I really don't know how people don't just cry their eyes out immediately after an interview.

Apologies if this is a bit too heavy/off-topic ㅠㅠ

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice when going to your first (international) conference? I will be doing a panel presentation. The biggest thing for me is that I'm an undergraduate student, and the fact that it's one of the biggest conferences in my field of study (genocide and mass atrocities). Both things make it so much more terrifying because there will obviously be more senior scholars/practitioners there. Plus, everyone will be at least 10 years older than me; my co-panellists (whom I've admittedly searched up out of curiosity) themselves are like 20-40 years older. I'm 18 and will be 18 at the time of the conference, and it's just so nerve-wracking because of that. I genuinely do not know what to do besides practice and revise my presentation a billion times. :,)

Thank you in advance! I do apologise for the semi-rant.