On: Being a PhD student shouldn’t be bad for your health

[mrgigabit]

I recently terminated my PhD - a very hard decision after 4 years of study. But my mental health hit rock bottom, after it had continually declined so much over the years. Worst of all, when I seeked help from my universities student wellbeing services, I was told to 'google my issues'.

[bonoboTP → mrgigabit]

What were the reasons? Research results not turning out well? Not enough supervision or too much micromanagement? Too much irrelevant tasks? Stress about funding sources?

[musicale → mrgigabit]

Universities really need to do a better job and not cut students off from mental health services.

[TheOperator → musicale]

I've found universities to have far more robust mental health services than the general population has.