I was on a high yesterday and the day before having achieved some actual reading that I actually understand. Then comes today and I feel so unproductive. I know they say its normal to feel this way but to be honest it feels like serious crap! Coz in the end you doubt your ability to not only do the PhD but also alot of things in life.....u just become totally and utterly useless!

Thats exactly what Im going through. I cant be bothered sorta stage coz I have lost faith in myself in just a span of 6 months...and the supervision is like going to my doom but I have tried to maintain a healthy attitude by thinking it is positive criticism but the mind plays tricks on you...you end off thinking the worst and I think I just have to figure out a way as u said to get my excitement back about the topic which is sooooo hard!

It is funny how when you start you have this ambitious drive and it gets killed each day you realise that you have to narrow down your topic even further. But it is true about the isolation but in my case I am partly to blame coz I feel like no one will understand what Im about. Today I went to the library with the intention of coming out with some relevant information and all I did was sit and stare out the window. I definitely was not prepared for this pressure

Im sorta still new in the PhD and already I can relate to some of the frustrations that people are going through in all years...right now im suffering from procrastination and the ability not to concentrate AT ALL and it feels like basically my topic is somewhere up in space but definitely not in my brain....so i feel like I have piled myself even higher and deeper into......well need i say more!