On emotional issues such as guilt, discouragement, jealousy, anxiety or feelings of inadequacy affecting academics and researchers.
Questions tagged [emotional-responses]
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What training is appropriate to get to help students deal with stress?
I often have undergraduate students in my office who are clearly under considerable stress. These students are usually first years who are making the transition from high school. This goes beyond the "school is lots of work" stress into the "I'm…
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What to do if one comes to a realization that research and post graduate studies is not for him/her?
Life doesn't allow for a redo. I have been a decent student in my undergrad and got placed in a reputed company right after graduation. However, research and academia always inspired me. I got into a prestigious school in India for my master's and…
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Failed one class of my undergrad major
My mother is very sick with colon cancer and I am living with her and also doing online classes at a private university in California. I felt depressed and had a lot on my mind and ended up falling behind in one of my classes, but I am on schedule…
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Music with lyrics about academic world
I am curious to know if there are musicians or music bands whose compositions (in any musical style) have lyrics that talk about our "academia world" with songs, for instance "my manuscript was rejected twice", "happy day, my grant was accepted",…
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Extremely stressed person
I have a classmate who is extremely stressed up. He has a 4.0 GPA and is an exception student. But seems like he is pushing himself way too hard and this is very obvious if you talk to him. He is very frequently showing up awake the entire night.
He…
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Is it normal to feel lost while following a mathematical / physical reasoning?
I re-uploaded this question here, since a user from Physics Stack Exchange told me it might fit better.
TL;DR: I feel like I could not come up with most reasonings myself, so I end up feeling like I'm a phony, a bad student, or not good enough, and…
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What's the term for people who think they suffering from imposter syndrome when in reality they *are* imposters?
Many academics and students claim to be suffering from imposter syndrome. Many of these will be strong contributors regardless and I hope they find a way to cope with their self-esteem issues.
However, some of these actually will be imposters, and…
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