When I first enrolled as a university student 8 years ago, my early life was confused because I was already dealing with severe depression and anxiety. In fact, I was undergoing psychotherapy on account of a traumatic childhood experience. I failed some of my courses but decided to continue my studies irrespective of the struggles.<\/p>\n
Finally, at the end of four years, I completed my Master\u2019s degree successfully. As a result of this and about three years of intensive therapy, I found that my self-confidence had improved a little. So I decided to study further and enrolled for an M.Phil course after my Master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n
This is when I immersed myself in research and worked under different supervisors and professors who had a lot of experience in their fields. Their passion and dedication inspired me and I decided to take up a PhD after my M.Phil.<\/p>\n
Following the completion of my M.Phil coursework, I began intensive research where I worked alongside senior researchers who were busy working on their own research problems. During the first six months of my research, I didn\u2019t understand exactly what I had to do because I was unable to adapt to the research community\u2019s mindset.<\/p>\n
To help me resolve this dilemma, my supervisor made me work on an unsolved problem. After two months of hard work, I managed to solve this problem and got the required results. This was the turning point! This episode made me realize that I had it in me, that I too could solve complex research problems.<\/p>\n
Eventually, the problem and my solution to it took the form of my M.Phil synopsis and after two years of continuous hard work and research I have completed my M.Phil and submitted my thesis. So although I took slightly longer to reach my goals, I did reach them and am now a more confident researcher.<\/p>\n
I am currently working on two research papers, one of which I have already finished writing and one which is in progress. I am waiting for the day when I can see my name on these papers as the author.<\/p>\n
During these initial research years, I have completed different online courses with Editage Insights and Elsevier. These courses have been related to academic writing and publishing and I am thankful to both for providing such useful resources for authors. Well, that was a little story of my research life\u263a.<\/p>\n
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