don't try this at home

Some people destroy themselves by heavy drinking.

Others ruin themselves by taking hard drugs.

I chose the real extreme path to wreck havock on body and soul: I'm writing a phd.

Depression, manic fits, repeated motion injuries, strained back, and an increasing disability to divide between thought process and reality: I've had it all.

I think postgraduate research degrees should come with big captions. For example: Warning! phd students have less human contact and a strange look in their eyes