I’ll start: the screech of a 6-well plate being moved across a workbench/incubator shelf makes my toes curl😭
I am doing my masters in biological sciences and this is my 3rd year, I am mentally done. I was fresh out of undergrad, fairly okay experience and also super… naive. I had motivation and was eager to jumpstart my thesis and the project but my advisor just sucked the life out of me. She didnt let me into the lab for 1.5 years… first year I didnt say anything cause she was writing for a project grant ( i was gonna be part of it) and i had time but then she dragged it, aggressively pushed me whenever i reminded her my time and should start doing experiments. Now i am in 2.5 years, i have to finish it by december and i have no data, just started my project. Because i am in my 3rd year, my scholarship has ended and i am financially struggling. I genuinely HATE her, i never hated anyone this badly before. Now i’ll graduate with a very weak thesis (if any) and she crushed any motivation i have, i have to push myself to go to lab now. I was never like this before. I don’t even know if I could get into a good lab for my PhD… I am just lost nowadays. Thanks for my TED talk🥲
