“Anyhow, tired to the point of collapse was a default state. The expectation was simply that, through some combination of strong coffee and Lembas Bread, one pushed through until all deadlines were met and one could collapse into an indefinite coma without consequence. Alice had spent most of graduate school in this state, and it was not so bad.” HumorPerseveranceRealismExhaustionAcademiaGraduate StudentsCoping MechanismsDeadlinesStudent LifeWork And Stress Book:Katabasis Source: Katabasis