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alexandra_k: psychiatrists and other clinicians told me that i shouldn't go back to university because i couldn't handle the stress. psychiatrists and other clinicians told me that it was unethical to apply to a PhD program overseas because it was likely that i couldn't handle the stress.

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if i listened to them i would have severely limited my life.

i kinda went '%#@&#! you lot' and did it anyway. sure i struggle at times (but then who the hell doesn't?) but i'm doing it. i didn't let them limit me.

You, no doubt, would be a "non-compliant patient," alexandra_k. To which I can only say... good for you.

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