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Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/phd-students-face-significant-mental-health-challenges
TIL that PhD students display twice as many symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as depression than other people.
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Ignorance is bliss
Stress is terrible. It’ll eat you up and spit you out without you even realizing what it has done until you’re in too deep.
I mean, I’d say there’s a pretty good correlation between knowledge/understanding/intelligence and being sad about how pathetic the world is…but it could also just be lots of shitty money and lots of work for said shitty money with only a small ray of hope in the distance. And ramen.
A friend of mine has a PhD in Psychology, and used to say “We know a hell a lot about PhD students because they all volunteer for each other’s studies.”
Not surprising, losing three to five years of your life to research tend to do one’s head in.
In other words the dumber you are the more balanced and happy you are.
they just need (more/better/some) (drugs/sex/sleep/cash).
they’ll be fine in 6-8 years.
maybe…