Tuomo HI gave feedback on a PhD student's first manuscript and finally used the phrase "this is close to being finished." Her actual supervisors (I'm "just" a coauthor) have been using phrases like "one more round and this section is done" or "we're almost ready to submit" for ages already. Is this some sort of neurotypical ecouragement? My feeling about their remarks has always been "no way" until very recently. Why would you say that when you must know it's not true? Of course I encourage in my commenting as well but those types of claims seem ridiculous, almost lying.
AndyIt may be a matter of supervisor style. My supervisors, who as far as I know are NT, have honest feedback about when I was close etc. I always leaned honest (but severe). Some supervisors struggle to say something needs more work, but frankly I also knew some supervisors whose standards were too low in my view (although do weigh that against me being harsh and critical!!).
@misaimed_brain Yeah, it's certainly about individual supervising style as one of them uses these extensively, the other merely conforms.