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Dissertation acknowledgements: thanking a professional for medical treatment?
I'm currently working on the acknowledgements section of my doctoral thesis. I suffered from severe depression during my time as a PhD student and received tremendous support from a particular nurse ...
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How do I salvage my thesis and move on with my life
So I am a MS student somewhere on the east coast US as an international student. I have a rough draft of my MS thesis.
I have been struggling really badly with motivation. I feel like I am able to the ...
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I ghosted a professor for two months. Not the first time this happens. Facing mental health issues but trying to recover. what to do now?
I am a delayed graduation facing (failed some subjects before, repeating a semester right now) 5th year integrated masters' student in a STEM field.
I spoke to this professor about working a master's ...
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Oral Defense for Hearing Impaired Student
Does any one have an experience with a hearing impaired student undertaking an oral defense of graduate thesis? I have a colleague in my graduate program who is profoundly impaired in both ears (to ...
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How to cope with life changes and burnout after PhD thesis submission? [closed]
The last year has been ridiculously difficult. I can easily say it has been 90h weeks 12 months in a row, with the hours taken of rest being vastly overshadowed by intense guilt (over not using that ...
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Mental Heath for long-term success in Academia
I was hoping for some advice on long-term mental health in academia. First off, I am a 3rd year PhD economics PhD in a high-ranking school in the US. Before anything else, my experience has been great....
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Telling my bachelor thesis supervisor about my mental health issues
I am in the process of writing my bachelor thesis, but my mental health has been in very bad shape lately, although I'm starting treatment soon. I am confident that it already had an effect on my ...
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Need a thesis extension due to mental illness, but supervisor seems unwilling. How to proceed?
"Prependum" clarification:
Strictly speaking, the supervisor has no actual authority in this decision (I think)-- it is between myself and the course convenor. However, I feel that `...
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Mid-stage PhD student lost motivation [duplicate]
I'm a PhD student in literature who is nearly half way through my third year.
Recently (last month or two) I feel like I've lost all motivation to work on my thesis. Instead of treating it like a ...
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Dismissed by my committee
I attended a doctoral program and was completing it in 3 to 4 years. I got a life-threatening sickness that set me back several years. When nearing my dissertation I was dismissed. I was told that I ...
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