I only started my PhD yesterday, and already I have a mountain of papers to read, and most are going straight over my head – which is worrying me greatly. It’s all very daunting. Is anyone else feeling down at the minute, or did anyone else feel like this when they first started their PhD? Perhaps it’s just the shock to the system of stepping up to a new level of difficulty – kind of like the same as the shock of university work after doing college work.
I’m going to stick at and see how it goes.