• Hellfire103@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    I once had a guy at the local science museum tell me that attempting a PhD will either give you a mental illness or alcoholism.

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      8 months ago

      My anxiety became worse after I joined PhD. I started having panic attacks. I am glad I decided to drop out. After dropping out, I found that I had BPD. So turns out I already had mental illness and PhD just made it worse.