I am a Chinese doing Ph.D. in Germany company. I was the first Ph.D. student in that company. I felt so stressed at the beginning as often I don't find words to explain my work, my idea or my problem. I do speak good English, however, to do critical and analytical thinking in English was quite a changeling for me. I felt useless and worthless, I worked hard but only a little result in the first year. And in the company, it is much more as result-oriented. I felt like I was walking on the edge every day. I felt so depressed that I could not sleep and wanted to hurt myself. Now it is the beginning of my third year, everything is getting better. I channeled all my focus to produced "visible" results (I despited human-visible results at the beginning as I felt the research should be 100% pure). I also started to do regular sports. My academic skills are getting better than before. Now, my challenge would be to generalize my work and abstract the methodology so that I can share it with others.
I wish I could click on like ten times or more... This video spoke volumes to me... I'm doing my phd without any support, no grant or scholarship, I'm an immigrant in Portugal, divorced and with two daughters to take care. I work in a not related job part-time in order to provide for my family and things have been so hard... I see many colleagues with scholarships, gaining the double of what I receive with my salary and complainting about details that they struggle with and often think I'm the one off here, I should simply give up, science isn't for single moms who need to work because a family depend on us... It will be a miracle if I manage to publish one single paper, and I wish I could worry about my thesis the whole day, that would be a dream... But I got to accept that I am doing the best I can with what I have and won't give up. Your words really helped me a lot, thank you very much for the generosity in sharing your knowledge like that! 😊
I think I worry about my ability to do quite a few things in my PhD - write clearly, do a proper review of the literature, use complex stats, develop a clear argument, have a clear narrative, engage with the literature critically. I think I have a bad case of imposter syndrome, and it really holds me back from being able to do the work properly
I thought I was alone. I decided to ask as many questions as I can and also ask my colleagues for help especially when it comes to stats. You will get through it one step at a time
I feel the same too. I always feel I can never write anywhere near the standard of academic writing most of the theses or journal articles that I have read.
Wow!!!! You can not imagine how much I needed this video!!!!! Thanksssss 😢😢😢😢 I have just started my PhD and I this feeling of insecurity kills me every day!!!! Thanks for the video😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 i needed a way out of it. I will try my best now.
"real imposters, they don't feel bad about it.". My goodness!, those words were simply very revealing. The psychological repose I had from hearing those words is simply inexplicable. Here I am, about to write my own Ph.D proposal after having gone through series of interviews and lab. trials, yet I feel like I can't even write anything good about the proposal, even after having read the works of others. My goodness, thank you James. Thank you.
Thank you for this video! My struggle is that I don't want to be the girl who I was before and I don't want to loose myself in a way I'm not coherently aware what is going on in my life. I hope after I graduate I get a stable career that works best for me that I can keep!!!
Thank you for this, I'm currently working on a chapter I find difficult and the imposter syndrome is slowly kicking in. I don't feel like I am smart enough to carry on all the calculations and there is so much literature to go through. I understand the methodologies but putting in writing is also hard.
Thank you for this! My first submission of an article was rejected today and I spiraled into yet another impostor syndrome crisis, and this helped a lot.
I never thought what I was feeling was actually imposter syndrome until you explained it so clearly. Right now I'm at the proposal stage but because I was accepted into the programme without a full proposal. Now I feel worried about being good enough for the programme. But I know they would not have accepted me if they didn't think I could do the research. I just worry that my topic isn't well refined enough or that I miss the mark on finding the gap in the literature. Thank you for this James, your channel really is so so helpful and I'll probably come back to this video a few times.
I was taking microbiology as a pre-requisote for physician assistant school. The professor asked if I wanted to work in the lab...I said yes because research would look great. Then he encouraged me to apply because he would sponsor me and the university waivered my tuition. I accepted and now I am starting the PhD program...I'm trying my hardest to understand the literature and even basic principles and I feel overwhelmed and depressed. I truly want to learn this and contribute to the world but I also want to become a physician assistant. I don't know what to do.
What if you are not sure if the topic deserves to work on? If you don't have state of the art, previous work, and your supervisors are not confident enough to convince you?
Thank you so much for nice video. I really didn’t had imposter syndrome. When I joined for PhD, my work was not well defined. Also it happened that my professor was moved from the university, which made me alone and clueless. I changed the supervisor one and half year after I joined PhD. Also no well defined topic to work on. In the end, I understood that just not the topic, but supervisor plays a very important role in PhD but this is just my own experience.
James thank you for this channel I have learnt much and can relate to these videos going through the ordeal currently hope to complete my thesis on time and get the degree. great work
Thank you very much for sharing your ideas. I watched almost all of your videos from the UA-cam Channel. It's really helpful. Your explanation is very simple but effective.
And I'm only finding out today about something I have been constantly battling with over the years. There is a never a moment I felt good enough and I see myself as a fraud for all that I have achieved. It's way worse now on my Masters programme because everything seems so difficult for me to think I can handle ☹️
@@James_Hayton Generally but I feel like it's affecting progress in my studies because I feel like I'm not putting enough effort nor appreciate how far I have come. It has also been affected more by things that have happened in my life
OK, try getting more specific. Pick something you don't know how to do and figure out how to do it. You'll build your skill gradually just by repeating this cycle!
I try to explain the finding but some spv do not understand the finding due to cultural differences. I try to explain but it seems some of them hold tightly to their views. Some of their suggestion do not based on the whole picture of data. What should I do?
@@James_Hayton She said she does not understand, for example: the participants ask parents' forgiveness before the medical treatment start. I explain that it is a common practice in my culture to some extent we not only ask forgiveness from parents but also to people in our circle such as friends. The aim of this activity is the result of medical treatment will be successful. Even after I tried to expalin, she was still puzzled.
Omg this feeling is the worsttttttt… I just want to run away from my supervisor and discussions every time I have a meeting with him 😩😩😩
oh my God, I actually laughed about this because I feel the same each time I see an email from my own supervisor 😂
I am a Chinese doing Ph.D. in Germany company. I was the first Ph.D. student in that company. I felt so stressed at the beginning as often I don't find words to explain my work, my idea or my problem. I do speak good English, however, to do critical and analytical thinking in English was quite a changeling for me. I felt useless and worthless, I worked hard but only a little result in the first year. And in the company, it is much more as result-oriented. I felt like I was walking on the edge every day. I felt so depressed that I could not sleep and wanted to hurt myself. Now it is the beginning of my third year, everything is getting better. I channeled all my focus to produced "visible" results (I despited human-visible results at the beginning as I felt the research should be 100% pure). I also started to do regular sports. My academic skills are getting better than before. Now, my challenge would be to generalize my work and abstract the methodology so that I can share it with others.
Keep going!
I wish I could click on like ten times or more... This video spoke volumes to me... I'm doing my phd without any support, no grant or scholarship, I'm an immigrant in Portugal, divorced and with two daughters to take care. I work in a not related job part-time in order to provide for my family and things have been so hard... I see many colleagues with scholarships, gaining the double of what I receive with my salary and complainting about details that they struggle with and often think I'm the one off here, I should simply give up, science isn't for single moms who need to work because a family depend on us... It will be a miracle if I manage to publish one single paper, and I wish I could worry about my thesis the whole day, that would be a dream... But I got to accept that I am doing the best I can with what I have and won't give up. Your words really helped me a lot, thank you very much for the generosity in sharing your knowledge like that! 😊
I have a video on doing a PhD while raising kids: ua-cam.com/video/YsYmUwIOPVQ/v-deo.html
Hope it helps!
Thank you!! I’m literally struggling so much right now 😂😂 Super worried about not having skills they expected me to have 😭
I am currently dreading applying because I'm afraid I'll get in and not be competent enough.
I think I worry about my ability to do quite a few things in my PhD - write clearly, do a proper review of the literature, use complex stats, develop a clear argument, have a clear narrative, engage with the literature critically. I think I have a bad case of imposter syndrome, and it really holds me back from being able to do the work properly
I thought I was alone. I decided to ask as many questions as I can and also ask my colleagues for help especially when it comes to stats. You will get through it one step at a time
I feel the same too. I always feel I can never write anywhere near the standard of academic writing most of the theses or journal articles that I have read.
Wow!!!! You can not imagine how much I needed this video!!!!! Thanksssss 😢😢😢😢 I have just started my PhD and I this feeling of insecurity kills me every day!!!! Thanks for the video😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 i needed a way out of it. I will try my best now.
"real imposters, they don't feel bad about it.". My goodness!, those words were simply very revealing. The psychological repose I had from hearing those words is simply inexplicable. Here I am, about to write my own Ph.D proposal after having gone through series of interviews and lab. trials, yet I feel like I can't even write anything good about the proposal, even after having read the works of others. My goodness, thank you James. Thank you.
Thank you for this video! My struggle is that I don't want to be the girl who I was before and I don't want to loose myself in a way I'm not coherently aware what is going on in my life. I hope after I graduate I get a stable career that works best for me that I can keep!!!
Thank you for this, I'm currently working on a chapter I find difficult and the imposter syndrome is slowly kicking in. I don't feel like I am smart enough to carry on all the calculations and there is so much literature to go through. I understand the methodologies but putting in writing is also hard.
Thank you for this! My first submission of an article was rejected today and I spiraled into yet another impostor syndrome crisis, and this helped a lot.
I never thought what I was feeling was actually imposter syndrome until you explained it so clearly. Right now I'm at the proposal stage but because I was accepted into the programme without a full proposal. Now I feel worried about being good enough for the programme. But I know they would not have accepted me if they didn't think I could do the research. I just worry that my topic isn't well refined enough or that I miss the mark on finding the gap in the literature. Thank you for this James, your channel really is so so helpful and I'll probably come back to this video a few times.
Thank you so much!
The challenges that I am having is “To write my idea into words to sentences.”
We need more videos please don't stop ....thank you very much
I was taking microbiology as a pre-requisote for physician assistant school. The professor asked if I wanted to work in the lab...I said yes because research would look great. Then he encouraged me to apply because he would sponsor me and the university waivered my tuition. I accepted and now I am starting the PhD program...I'm trying my hardest to understand the literature and even basic principles and I feel overwhelmed and depressed. I truly want to learn this and contribute to the world but I also want to become a physician assistant. I don't know what to do.
What if you are not sure if the topic deserves to work on? If you don't have state of the art, previous work, and your supervisors are not confident enough to convince you?
Thank you so much for nice video. I really didn’t had imposter syndrome. When I joined for PhD, my work was not well defined. Also it happened that my professor was moved from the university, which made me alone and clueless. I changed the supervisor one and half year after I joined PhD. Also no well defined topic to work on. In the end, I understood that just not the topic, but supervisor plays a very important role in PhD but this is just my own experience.
Just started my PhD learning R code in Poli Sci I feel so behind the curb even though others are struggle as well
It's OK, embrace the opportunity to learn with enthusiasm and curiosity, and celebrate the small successes.
Always keeping my plate full, rather overloaded with too many things is my biggest weakness. I need to consolidate my position soon.
Slowing down can actually help you go faster. Do less, do it better and finish things!
I definitely have impostor syndrome, and that's the worst feeling ever
I always tend to learn a lot of theories and read papers done by others,it’s exhausted.
Coding and statistics… which I think are the most important things to know, unfortunately.
This video has helped me a lot. Thank you!
James thank you for this channel I have learnt much and can relate to these videos going through the ordeal currently hope to complete my thesis on time and get the degree. great work
Thank you very much for sharing your ideas. I watched almost all of your videos from the UA-cam Channel. It's really helpful. Your explanation is very simple but effective.
Love you for this beautiful lecture!
thank u. your video just saved my day
And I'm only finding out today about something I have been constantly battling with over the years. There is a never a moment I felt good enough and I see myself as a fraud for all that I have achieved. It's way worse now on my Masters programme because everything seems so difficult for me to think I can handle ☹️
Does this just relate to your studies, or is it a more general feeling?
@@James_Hayton Generally but I feel like it's affecting progress in my studies because I feel like I'm not putting enough effort nor appreciate how far I have come. It has also been affected more by things that have happened in my life
Great topic! Thank you!
I just don't like talking to people, or listening to them.
That could be a problem! It's a good skill to work on
Thank you very much !
Thank you for extremely relevant issues you tackle
My programing skill is the weakness.
OK, try getting more specific. Pick something you don't know how to do and figure out how to do it. You'll build your skill gradually just by repeating this cycle!
I think I have executive dysfunction
I try to explain the finding but some spv do not understand the finding due to cultural differences. I try to explain but it seems some of them hold tightly to their views. Some of their suggestion do not based on the whole picture of data. What should I do?
Do they not understand, or disagree? What are the cultural differences that are getting in the way?
@@James_Hayton She said she does not understand, for example: the participants ask parents' forgiveness before the medical treatment start. I explain that it is a common practice in my culture to some extent we not only ask forgiveness from parents but also to people in our circle such as friends. The aim of this activity is the result of medical treatment will be successful. Even after I tried to expalin, she was still puzzled.
New on there's