Hi Niv, thank you for your response.

My mother wants me to go to self-defence classes after what happened. I appear to be panicked whenever a situation like this occurs. I guess my mind stops thinking logically and a fear just takes over! Sometimes, (not with the incident that happened last week) when a person tries to talk to me or follow me somewhere, I will entertain it out of panic and discomfort. It’s hard for me to ignore people or tell them to leave me alone because I fear for the worst- that I will get physically or verbally attacked. But I did report it to the police shortly afterwards.

Thanks for such clear advice! I completely agree with you. I’m starting an internship in my desired field this winter. I definitely want to become a more well-rounded person as opposed to getting perfect scores all the time. I just don’t know the distinction between working hard and overworking. I still want to practice yoga and meditate each day- but I only seem to have a regular practice during the vacation period such as in summer and winter. When I’m bombarded with deadlines it seems as though I just shut down and worry about everything academia wise. I’m not sure if I should try organising my life into manageable chunks, I don’t know how people do it.