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Hi VioletAyame, Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. I really appreciate your taking the time to give me suggestions. Mainly it's just that I don't feel like I have good ideas after I read a particular text so sometimes I just really doubt myself as I try to work on my dissertation. I am lucky to be in a very collegial environment though. Anyway, I tell myself to do whatever I can. Congratulations on your acceptance and wishing you best of luck for graduate school!

Hi All, This is my first time posting here and hope you could give me some advice. I am an international student from Asia doing PhD in English (Literature) in the US. I am now ABD but find working on prospectus very challenging. Most of my friends (from the same country) in the science fields who started at the same time all graduated and I start to feel very discouraged with myself. There is also no one from Asia in my department so I feel isolated although I have nice and supportive American friends. I think about quitting several times. Right now I still keep on working. What do you do when you feel very discouraged and feel like quitting? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much