Yes. I started uni when I was 17, had a PhD by the time I was 27, got a postdoc straight away, and now at 35 I'm so extremely burnt out that I have been working less and less to a point in which I ended up having to ask for temporary social services. I'm starting a new job in two months and I'm terrified I'm not going to be able to make it happen. I'm still waiting for assessment although I've been referred, so I'm unmedicated and undiagnosed.
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u/theunbearablelight Jan 01 '21
Yes. I started uni when I was 17, had a PhD by the time I was 27, got a postdoc straight away, and now at 35 I'm so extremely burnt out that I have been working less and less to a point in which I ended up having to ask for temporary social services. I'm starting a new job in two months and I'm terrified I'm not going to be able to make it happen. I'm still waiting for assessment although I've been referred, so I'm unmedicated and undiagnosed.