most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-22T16:12:54Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/6643 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/10419/depressed-graduate-student/27402#27402 Anonymous 2010-06-07T22:59:34Z 2010-06-07T22:59:34Z

<p>Depression is par for the course ... almost. Read the article "Emotional Perils of Mathematics" that appeared in Science, Vol. 149, No. 3687, p.1048, Aug. 27, 1965. After reading that you cannot help but ask yourself, why do we do what we do. So, how is this supposed to help? Well, realizing that it happens to everybody and that you're not that different may help. In particular, there's nothing wrong with you.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/10419/depressed-graduate-student/27402#27402 Anonymous 2010-06-08T00:23:24Z 2010-06-08T00:23:24Z

I should probably have said a little more about the article I referenced. The author starts the article as follows: &quot;People are turned aside from being mathematicians --- by which I mean &quot;pure&quot; mathematicians --- far more by temperament than by any intellectual problems. There are certain emotional difficulties which are intrinsic to the mathematical life, and only a few people are able to live with them all their lives.&quot; Knowing this helps me. I'm not that different from other mathematicians.