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Originally Posted by cool09
Math is really incredible. I started to migrate towards math, physics in first yr of college and somehow managed to get an engineering degree. It's amazing how math explains the physical universe. I forced myself to understand calculus. I passed differential equations but I couldn't tell you what it is off the top of my head. I made a mistake and went to PSU - much too large for me and I encountered severe personal/mood problems. I wish I had gone to a smaller college but it doesn't matter know since I'm on disability. I've found that I don't have an engineering work personality - sweating the small things and over-analyzing is really poor for my mental health. My head needs to be freed up most of the time to stay healthy.
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Oh sorry to hear that! I did work as a teacher and musician and graphic artist... than worked even in a pre-press in a printshop and also as a mere worker in a factory....
and these thought me a lot about myself..... what I enjoyed most is the teaching. Thinking, analizing things... when I didn't have to do it and my work was mainly mechanical or robotic (like pre-press) I was more depressed... the stress was bigger on me since I'm a perfectionist and it is a burden on me when I have to do something too fast to be good.... and also I was really missing intellectual challenge and intelligent collegues (I never really had one lol) and so when I considered to get a new profession these were some of the main points....
that's for me.... this whole thing did a lot good for my mental health because it is now my choice and also a good type of intellectual challenge............ even if I'm still obsessing and stressing about it, but when I'm a bit "overburdened" by studying I have less time.... and I feel the responsibility for my own choice to stay as much on the track as it is possible............
well so it already did a good thing for me.....gave me a perspective, an optimistic foresight.... but I don't know about You or others.