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I hate to register just to seek help, but I'm struggling with the final steps of my PhD.

I went through a few drafts of my thesis with my advisor. I then passed my defense, with my committee giving me a list of stuff to fix. Now, however, my advisor is getting merciless on corrections - even though he was fine with me defending. The deadline is fast approaching, and he is just getting more and more demeaning. He has recently said my thesis was "terrible" and he "cringed" when he read it. None of his previous students went through corrections like this, and my writing is in no way worse than theirs.

I've already started my post-doc, and can't work on my thesis like he thinks I should. Any words of advice on how to keep trucking? Each email is more and more depressing. I'm starting to lose sight of what I thought was the end of the tunnel I was already through. Is there hope? I feel like I'm having a panic attack after each email.