Over the years I have experienced on several occasions on myself and others how the pressure in the academic circle can negatively influence your work and, moreover, your personal life. Accordingly, I recently placed attention on this aspect in an effort to see what can be learnt there. It turns out, that stress and depression are not the end, and that those suffering from it often are the most valuable people! Check out the story:
http://www.sciencefarts.com/when-the-fun-is-over.html
I hope it may be useful to some of you academic strugglers ;)