A PhD is hard. Plenty of people have blogged about mental health problems while doing a PhD e.g. http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/04/phd-students-face-significant-mental-health-challenges https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/mar/01/mental-health-issue-phd-research-university In some ways I have an advantage as in addition to my Asperger Syndrome diagnosis I have a long history of anxiety and depression going right back to my early teens so am already equipped …
Victoria J. Burton 