Comment by DrCoitus

ACE 2: I dealt with depression and anxiety since early adolescence, with a lot of drugs and petty delinquency. Went to college for STEM and quickly became obsessed with a life in academia. Completed a PhD at a top 10 school, then a postdoc in an Ivy League university working under a NASA contract. Now I'm a tenure track professor at an R1 university.

Despite never fully feeling socially connected and depression/anxiety ridding shotgun the whole time, I'm very satisfied with how things turned out. Though, I think that feeling has less to do with my career and more to do with my partner; without them I dont think I'd be around to write this.