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This isn't really that serious of a vent, and isn't really ND related, but in my physical measurements lab my group is doing an experiment about the Hall Effect. Without going into too much technical detail, the experiment involves putting a semiconductor between 2 electro magnets, running current through it and then manipulating various variables to measure the semiconductor's Hall Voltage.
One of the variables we had to manipulate was the strength of the field generated by the 2 electromagnets, which should cause the Hall Voltage to vary according to a y=ax relationship. But when we ran the experiment, we found that the Hall Voltage was barely changing. As it turns out, whoever did the experiment before us had messed up with putting wires were they should've gone, resulting in the 2 electromagnets generating opposing fields that nearly canceled each other out.
Luckily they didn't cancel each other out completely, so there was a weak magnetic field present for the other measurements we did. But we should've already been done with all our measurements, and now we're going to have to redo the measurements for the varying magnetic field. Shouldn't take that long tbh, but it's still just a bit of a :agony: situation.
The past few days, I've been particularly frustrated with myself and living with Bipolar II. I've been thinking about past relationships I've had, and how those people have moved on to new relationships that have blossomed into engagement, buying a house, finishing college, etc. Meanwhile, I've "regressed" to moving into my dad's basement and working at a takeout restaurant. I've made a ton of progress over the last year through therapy and CBT, but sometimes the frustration really just sets in. I have a realistic ideal goal for my life, but sometimes I feel like I'll never reach it because accomplishing or finishing anything is so hard with Bipolar.
