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I have to say also that this type of crisis is not surprising (unfortunately) for math, or similar highly theoretical, loner fields. I can guess that the stud

I have to say also that this type of crisis is not surprising (unfortunately) for math, or similar highly theoretical, loner fields. I can guess that the student asking the question is not being very open with his/her advisor, has worked and struggled for long hours alone, thinking they have to solve it on their own, and is not super communicative and checking in about important aspects of the thesis. Because he/she thinks it has to be a surprise "breakthrough" result -- a heavy obligation of the field's expectations. No responsible advisor would let the work get to such a state, so late in the game. Major fault of the advisor too, here.

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Advisors are also very much at fault, not just students. The last year of my PhD I ended up being pretty much alone because my advisor had changed research topics a year before and therefore was not interested nor up to date, so any of her inputs were not very useful. A couple friends of mine also struggled with their advisor because he actively avoided communication for some reason. I guess he had a personal or health issue. So even on good faith, advisors can end up making students life quite stressful for one reason or another