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Would you recommend someone who loves theoretical stuff to get a phd?

In particular, pure math/theoretical CS. I know it depends on the person, but I just want to hear a yes/no answer, then give a few reasons perhaps. A few things I really want to know as well:

1. on a scale of 1-20, how stressful was it? 1 being chilling on the sofa watching netflix, 20 being losing all your assets and sleeping on the streets with no resources whatsoever(ok that was harsh but you get the idea). And what was the source of that stress specifically?
2. what difficulties did you not expect after finishing your phd?
3. what tangible benefits did your phd give you(besides more career options)?
4. your phd subject
5. your current occuption

thanks for taking the time guys, can't wait for the cries of despair from me 10 years later (jk   :)
gpt
Completely depends on what you want to do afterwards. In general, a PhD is essentially an apprenticeship for academia, and it is therefore probably not a good use of your time and money unless you want to go into academia. It sounds like you're still in high school though, so I'd concentrate on getting into a decent undergraduate programme before stressing about whether to do a PhD or not. Most subjects are rather different at university compared to high school,  and research is in turn rather different from studying a subject at undergraduate.