Did the scientists not to complain of life and to support colleagues suffering in the first place, from uncertainty in own forces. The conventional image of the scientist, in fact, very far from reality, and few people think that behind every discovery is not only great work, but a lot of the previous success of failure.
Lack of confidence in their own abilities, resulting in “the impostor syndrome” — a common phenomenon among scientists. Other two main problems, according to the authors, the face of the representatives of science is the repetitive rejection of publications and burnout.
One of the authors, Professor of psychology at the University of California Kate Sweeney, for example, says that many of its articles remained unpublished, and those that were published, in many cases, were accepted by the editors on the fifth or sixth attempt. 160 75 sent texts she received back marked “no further attempt”.
Examples from his own career psychologists are trying to convey to colleagues that faced with these problems many, explain in detail how they can be overcome, and encouraged to share their own experiences, to bring these phenomena “from the shadows”. The authors of the article called “Common academic experiences, about which no one speaks: a recurring failure, the imposter syndrome and burnout,” confident that “destigmatize” these phenomena can seriously make life easier for scientists.
