Managing your Mental Health during your PhD: A Survival Guide
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- Create Date：2022-09-30 05:52:01
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Zoë J. Ayres
- ISBN：3031141938
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Aisha
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This book covers so much of my own （2015） and my peers' PhD experiences， despite me having had plenty of luck and privilege on my side， including a supportive supervising team。 But so much remains recognizable: from internal barriers like impostor syndrome， to the more insidious systemic issues in academia like discrimination and hyper-competitiveness。 It's incredibly validating to see all of this written up concisely， backed by data from a huge list of references， providing a good reference fra This book covers so much of my own （2015） and my peers' PhD experiences， despite me having had plenty of luck and privilege on my side， including a supportive supervising team。 But so much remains recognizable: from internal barriers like impostor syndrome， to the more insidious systemic issues in academia like discrimination and hyper-competitiveness。 It's incredibly validating to see all of this written up concisely， backed by data from a huge list of references， providing a good reference frame for anyone on the inside - to know at minimum that you're not alone。 And each chapter also includes calls to action for those in positions of power （PhD supervisors and beyond） to improve the aspects discussed: change can happen， and the sole existence of this survival guide proves it。Additionally， I love that Zoë included an entire chapter on how to appreciate the PhD skillset for life beyond academia。 It's hard to know what's outside of that world whilst inside， let alone what your role could ever be - when so much of what PhD's do every day is immediately transferrable to government or industry jobs。 I would know， I left academia in 2015 for those jobs。 It took me a burnout in my first postdoc year to realize that was at all an option and eventually the better fit， though。This survival guide contains everything I wish I'd learned during my PhD， rather than by burning out after， and many of these lessons I still use in my career today。 So I highly recommend anyone who is considering/doing a PhD or supporting someone else who is （either formally as a supervisor/colleague or informally as family/friends）: read this book， put yourself years ahead of a potentially painful learning curve。 And share with your peers！ 。。。more
Claudia
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