How Can I Academia When My Brain Can't Even? Mental Health in Grad School and Beyond
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Personal account of a bipolar diagnosis followed by three years of therapy and medication, two more years in a PhD program, three additional papers, then a one‑year industry trial that becomes a career choice. Cites studies: 47% of grad students with depression, 10% having contemplated suicide, academics 3–4× general population and UK estimates ~53%. Diagnoses framed with executive dysfunction not moral failure, rejects lazy as a stigma, recommends rest, coping frameworks and community action like shutdown pl.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:21where am i? what time is it?
- 5:47but at the same time
- 6:23and then one day
- 8:01the next day at the doctor...
- 10:46what happened then?
- 13:45on community and future(s)
- 16:29why mental health at PLMW ?
- 17:44it's actually worse
- 18:47sometimes math is not fun Let's calculate
- 22:19"positive" feedback loops
- 23:37executive (dys) function
- 25:09nobody is actually "lazy"
- 28:35your mind (and body!) are real
- 33:12how the
- 33:46rest != "laziness"
- 35:37you belong here (really!)
- 38:08stepping outside the loop
- 38:48corollary: let's voice our fears
- 41:51on sustainable hope
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