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I am doing a PhD in Physics and my PhD supervisor has been bullying me for nearly a year (i started last year and he started to bully me when i was a few months into my PhD). I have been very stressed and unhappy about it and had to see doctors. He likes to control every small trivial tiny aspect of my work, like tiny issues in my plots. He micromanages me so much that I feel like I am a 5 yr old. He requires me to ask his permission *before* I do any calculation. He interrogates me in our weekly meetings like I am a criminal. For example he asks me to repeat what he just had told me! He intimidates me by questioning me like a silly child. He tells me I "exhibit lack of judgement" and I "overestimate my abilities" and so I have to do some "soul searching". He hugely criticise me for every tiny issue and requires me to overwork to the extent that I often have no time to eat lunch and I have to work at night and during weekends. I have already another PhD in computer science (this one would be my second PhD) and I have got a very great track record in computer science but he even undermines my computer science knowledge constantly (he even does not know a programming language,little about statistics, but he is a good physicist). I receive really very good feedback about my current research from everyone in the department except him. I have respected him too much till recently and never objected till a few days ago. I am making formal complaint against him as he seem to become more controlling and bullying day by day. I am wondering if you have any idea why he is so controlling and bullying? Other students also find him very controlling but not to this extent. Do you think he has some sort of personality disorder or what??? Any advice?
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