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Originally Posted by starrysky
((((((((Mr. Stranger))))))) You are not alone in your frustrations with grad school and finding people unhelpful there and stress of dissertation. My brother went through the same thing. I can't even imagine writing and giving a dissertation so I commend you!!
I don't believe depression is a matter of not being strong or resilient enough. It's many things, but not that.
If you are in a very bad place, I recommend what Skeezyks said in his post to you.  |
Graduate school is very frustrating. I wasn't the only one, but because I wasn't sociable like others, I couldn't release all this stress and frustration in healthy ways, like going out and talk to people and socializing and to forget about the dissertation for a while. I was 24/7 anxious and stressed out that I would be kicked out and lose 3-4 years and lose all the money I spent for nothing. It remained inside me, and has been transformed into an unmanageable depression eventually. At the end, I managed to graduate. It's been two years since I graduated, but I haven't recovered since it hit me hard.