{"id":35056,"date":"2026-04-19T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35056"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:49:04","slug":"article70881652-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35056","title":{"rendered":"Long UPSC prep cycles take heavy toll on aspirants\u2019 mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The psychological experience of preparing for the UPSC examination differs from other competitive examinations, including the JEE for the IITs and the NEET for state medical education. This is because aspirants typically prepare for the UPSC exam for several years, which leads to chronic rather than short-term stress<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/long-upsc-prep-cycles-take-heavy-toll-on-aspirants-mental-health\/article70881652.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The psychological experience of preparing for the UPSC examination differs from other competitive examinations, including the JEE for the IITs and the NEET for state medical education. This is because aspirants typically prepare for the UPSC exam for several years, which leads to chronic rather than short-term stress Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[24848,24847,1775,17010,11767,4565,11708,11355,22341],"class_list":["post-35056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-aspirants","tag-cycles","tag-health","tag-heavy","tag-long","tag-mental","tag-prep","tag-toll","tag-upsc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35058,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35056\/revisions\/35058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}