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Interesting - I have been in a situation that sounds alarmingly similar to your own. I have one question, based on my experiences and those of several of my former fellow students: Do you know exactly what you want to do with your Ph.D.? Do you feel like you should know exactly what you are going to do with your Ph.D.? Why are you getting your Ph.D.? I'm asking these questions because your graduate school experience, and the inherent stress involved, can represent a very strong accerbating influence on what I suspect is your real issue right now: how well do you feel like you know yourself, and have you accepted yourself with your limitations and strengths, for better or worse? Best of luck - give yourself time and remember to give yourself a break at least once a week. Psychological break that is - whatever is going on...screw it. It'll be ok, and will wait until tomorrow. You're not doing so bad, etc.

edit since i'm playing the conjecture game, let me also make another suggestion, which could very likely be useless for you. Graduate school typically requires that you have a very organized, and self-motivated structure to your life. This tends to make one feel like they should have everything planned out, all the time...perhaps this is not an issue for you. If it is, please remember this: while procrastination can kill you pschologicallly from a productivity vs. guilt standpoint...trying to make decisions today that can not be made until tomorrow is just as counter productive - psychologically, you spend all your time worrying about things you can't do anything about yet, and practically you spin your wheels instead of making progress in areas where you can be productive.

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