Write this to remind myself.

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The Impact of PhD Studies on Mental Health—A Longitudinal Population Study(2024) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/177xzmv3fx/

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just imitate 10% of his playful, curios, and positive vibes, and imagine Sisyphus happy, do this for 10+ years and you’ll be fine.

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• keywords: cloud, scooped(academic slang), schema, cognitive dissonance
• common misunderstanding: the process of making a scientific discovery is only objective and rational, but in reality, there are subjective and emotional parts too.
• by reshaping the scenario: in the cloud = good sign that you may find a new breakthrough soon—helps with your mental health a lot.
• core ideas behind his tips
  • deal with bad feelings + bad scenarios:
    • named it, normalized it, and joke about it—makes coping easier.
    • naming it helps you acknowledge, sense, confront the feeling or situation.
  • improvise with “yes, and” reduce inner criticism/ mental guardrails/ creative blocks
    • helps us finding creative/unconventional ways to handle with the problem.