Questions tagged [emotional-responses]
On emotional issues such as guilt, discouragement, jealousy, anxiety or feelings of inadequacy affecting academics and researchers.
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How do I talk to my professor about my anxiety/depression?
I am 22 years old and I have recently began my first year of grad school. It is very overwhelming. Everyone seems to have more developed thoughts than I do, and all my classmates are 2nd or 3rd year ...
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Trouble finding job after disappointing PhD in India [closed]
Started PhD in 2014.
Mistakes that I have committed:
I did my PhD in a topic that was not the area of expertise of my PhD supervisor.
I was doing computational work, while the past graduates on the ...
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Is mathematical research stressful?
Richard Hamming, in one of his talks about research, said that scientists have to put up with stress, and he talked about his ulcers (and he was amongst other things a mathematician). I thought ...
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Bad relationship with PhD supervisor
I'm at the end of the second year of a phd in engineering. My project is going well: I'm involved in an international project and I submitted 6 journal papers and 5 conference papers.
The problem is ...
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How do you deal with doubt and fear of submission of your work for review?
I have a huge doubt about the work I am doing. Although the results have been reproduced many times, the idea is not really known or even explained. I have been struggling to write it in a way that ...
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How to not let paper rejection affect you? [duplicate]
At times I am really frustrated with constant rejections when the papers just fail to make it to acceptance. And if this keeps happening for quite some time, especially when your peers are moving on, ...
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I am not getting response from any professors or industry. Is it end of the road for me?
I did in a PhD in mechanical engineering from a Canadian university on simulation of shot peening process. I collaborated with experimental groups from my department.
After graduating in January 2020, ...
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What can I do when anxiety causes me to perform poorly in oral exams and class discussions?
I have this class where we have oral exams once in two weeks. I am honestly trying my best. I am preparing for the class and I think I understand all the material. I can do all the assignments (albeit ...
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How to deal with fear of exams, perfectionism, and feeling inadequate?
I will get straight to the point without much details about my mental state. I am currently studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I would say that it is a demanding program. My school ...
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When is it enough? Final year PhD student with an abusive advisor
How do I know if I've had enough?
I am scared to take this further, since my supervisor is quite powerful (millions in funding) and goes back and forth with abusive behavior. Plus, I only have a ...
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Losing confidence after a series of paper rejections [closed]
I don't think I have a concrete question to ask but I want to hear other researchers' opinions. I am pretty sure that there are many researchers who went through this and others will go through it in ...
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How to overcome the feeling that I don't know many things about my research tool?
I am a 6th year PhD in computational chemical engineering. I have extensively used Lammps for my Molecular dynamics simulations. However there are many aspects of the modeling tools that I have no ...
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Dealing with stereotypes and stigma while pursuing a career in academia [closed]
How do professors successfully cope with negative stereotypes and stigma while pursuing their research careers?
Specifically, some issues that come to mind are:
Women scientists who are perceived ...
