I (26F) am at the end of the first year of my PhD and I am soooo burned out. In my defense I've been told I have a lot of responsibilities as a grad student. I have three undergrads that are 100% my responsibility (PI never meets with them). I have spoken at 2 conferences and have two more in June. I am taking two extremely work-intensive classes. AND I am already working on two dissertation projects. They are brand new projects too, so I am doing all the foundational work for them.
And I am dealing with family and personal health stuff on top of this.
I feel so overwhelmed all the time. I'm not even doing that much work at this point. I am literally just feeling dread. I walk into my office and just start crying. I want to quit so bad but this is my lifelong dream and there is nothing else I want to do.
My lab is great. Everyone is very supportive, but I don't want to admit how burnt out I am. If I am already so burnt out first year am I screwed? Am I just not cut out for grad school?