Stress Release

[gryffin23]

I made a difficult decision this week. As many of you know, I've been struggling very hard with the research degree that I have been working on. The stress of it has caused me migraines and panic attacks. I finally came to the conclusion that it was not for me right now. Therefore, I withdrew from my course yesterday. My supervisor was lovely

Comments

[fpb]

You are not the first person I heard who found a research degree so demanding and crushing that she had to either give it up or actually stop doing more or less anything else. I have a growing feeling that the structure of academic career is being consciously or unconsciously squeezed to death,and that cannot be good for scholarship. I hope you remain in the field somehow.

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[cath_er_ine]

Hi hon, I think it is really great that you have made such a big decision and I am really glad you feel better :)

I hope it is fun finding out what you want to do instead :D