I see all these wonderful new doctorates and I have three tweets of advice for you. A micro 🧵:

Post-defense is a form of PTSD. All the shit you been carrying and all the anxious and nervous energy you used to push you through got nowhere to go but out.

You are gone have to do some recovery work: recover your voice, your sense of self, and how you want to move in the world. Doctorate is a tool not an identity and if you do the latter what a small and frustrating existence you’ll lead!

@misscyo Sending love. Been there and still working on the healing.

@MistressSnowPhD 🤣🤣🤣

@redclayscholar Thanks so much for this.

@redclayscholar This really hits home. How do you advise we can avoid the burnout?