I think TOO much (how to overcome debilitating overthinking)
I deliberate on specific aspects of my project for days at a time, and I probably exhaust my PI and waste their time by asking minute questions and getting stuck on the small details. I can’t help but to obsess over everything because…what if I’m wrong? It’s difficult to handle the uncertainty and anxiety over making the wrong decision. For example, what if I’m wrong in my statistical approach, and I report fraudulent results, and I misinform people? It’s something I struggle with in all aspects of my life, and it can be debilitating.
I need help in how to make improvements because this is time and labor costly. I also am aware it makes me a bad scientist. If you had a grad student like this, would you also doubt their abilities, or their aptitude for the research world? I’m really struggling 😞.