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I'd seek mental health councillors because I strongly suspect you're carrying burdens which cloud your thinking. I felt like this, I sought help to look at my e
by ggm 2y ago
I'd seek mental health councillors because I strongly suspect you're carrying burdens which cloud your thinking. I felt like this, I sought help to look at my emotional state, and it improved things significantly.
Which economy are you in which pays subsistence wages to academics? Not having a phd limits your access to tenured roles of course, but your skills should command a premium.
Again, without knowing you or anything about you it is possible you interview badly, or do not present well on paper, which again demands professional help. This too has been a bugbear for me, I interview terribly. But I am now late stage end of career, content, and I put a lot of it down to some constructive introspection, CBT and the associated professional mental health.
Don't forget your physical health either: good sleep and exercise is vital.
Best wishes.
- Two4 2y agoThere is basically no western economy in which most academics don't earn subsistence wages, perhaps slightly more. You basically have to make associate professor before you can have a more comfortable lifestyle. Even at prestigious universities, unless you're white hot shit that all the institutions want, they exploit their reputation to pay far less than they can afford. Its leading to the situation where those with family wealth are overrepresented in academia because they can afford to start a career there.