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IncredibleBulk2108 karma

Thank you for validating my lived experiences here today.

IncredibleBulk24 karma

Omglob I'm so happy Compartes is on the list. Their matcha white chocolate bar is so wonderful

IncredibleBulk23 karma

That's a great meditation. I learned it, or something similar, from a MAYO Clinic neurologist who studies mindfulness.

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I'm a doctoral student as well and I can confidently say that I remember very little from my first two years. I was anxious and insecure and drinking a lot. I will reread papers I wrote then and just be shocked at how coherent they are. After sobering up a lot, I feel like I'm relearning a lot of the content that I attempted to learn in my anxious and inadequate state. But it helps to reflect on how much I've changed since I began. I can make it through a journal article in one sitting and often muh quicker than I could have two or four years ago. I can apply theories to real world problems as I am learning about them. I think recognizing that progress and those differences have been huge for reducing my performance anxiety and improving self-esteem.