Hi all,

Thank you all so much for your kind words of support and helpful advice. It seems there are a few people who feel the same as me.

I just thought I'd let you all know how I'm getting on. I've spoken to my supervisor and been completely honest with her about everything. She was actually very kind and fair and helped me to make a decision. I have decided to write up what I have and submit for an MPhil and then walk away from it. I think this is a really postive decision for me to make and I'm happy with it, it's just very scary to step out into the unknown!

So now I'm just finishing off work for my Masters and applying for jobs! Wish me luck! I hope all of you in similar situations find the courage to make the right decision for what is right for you.

Thank you again for all the support!!

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Thanks for the advice everyone.

Thanks for all the understanding and advice everyone. I had a day away from the lab yesterday and I'm feeling a lot more inspired today. Just starting on that big list now!

Not a lot is working at the moment to be honest. It's so frustrating just repeating stuff for it to not work again.

Hi everyone, I'm a second year PhD student in the biochemistry area and I'm absolutely sick to death of my PhD!! I've accomplished nothing in the past 2 days, just sat and procrastinated looking at stupid stuff on the internet! I just can't seem to focus on anything or motivate myself to get up from my computer and go into the lab and do any real work. This then makes me feel really guilty which somehow makes me feel even less motivated! I'm not particularly interested in my PhD (I'm beginning to think I hate science altogether), but I want to stick it out so I have the qualification even though I'm sure I don't want to do lab work or research ever again. I feel like I've achieved very little in the last few months and don't feel like I'm progressing much.

Just wondered if anyone else feels/has felt this way before and as any advice on how to get past it? Thanks guys.