Hi all, I finished my postgrad MSc last autumn and since then was putting a lot of effort into getting a PhD place because I really thought that this was the direction I wasnted to go in. I got interviews and offers for the 4 places I applied for, picked my first choice place and I'm due to start there in a couple of months. I was so happy! Trouble is, now i'm really nervous, scared and worried that I've signed myself up for at least 3 years of hell! I'll be moving away from my current home and that's worrying me too. Did anyone else have these doubts about undertaking their PhD? I mean, I really do want to do it, I REALLY do! But i've got this huge fear of something and i'm not sure what it is....... is it just pre-PhD nerves??
Thanks

Thanks danb, you make it sound so simple! Maybe it's the fact that ive worked so hard to get here and had so many positive responses that now i'm worried i wont be able to live up to expectations. I just want to get started, this waiting is driving me crazy and giving me too much time to think about things! Also, my relationship ended because I chose to do this so that's making it even more of a big issue and I'm so scared i've made the wrong choice! Sorry for the ramblings lol

I remember the summer before I started my PhD being the longest summer I'd ever had. I'd been working for a year and was counting down the days to leave my dull job! And it gave me way too much time to think of all the bad things that could go wrong, instead of the positive experiences I would get out of it