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Math, schizophrenia and the story of a life saved by the Internet

• A US podcast sent in by frequent11y subscriber Nick. It’s an anonymous interview with someone who has schizophrenia. Whilst studying to become a mathematician, they were faced with severe anxiety attending the face-to-face lectures, so asked if they could just do the assignments and skip the classroom parts. They were told “no”. After dropping out of school and reaching suicidal lows, they enrolled in an online-only degree, graduated, and now have a lucrative full-time job. They hope that the pandemic leads to academia becoming more remote-friendly and accommodating of mental health.
• (The relevant portion is about 31 minutes into the podcast, or you can switch to the Transcript tab and search for “coming up, math” to find the relevant portion.)

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