Unseen academics

As a collaborative practitioner, one of the hardest things I've found adjusting to in the university setting. Is the feeling of being alone inside your head. On days when one isn't sure of your direction or purpose - or if the work you've proposed is achievable or acceptable at some academic level.  This I imagine is what if feels like to be me some days. When one is staring at a wall, trying to figure things out, when one would rather be doing something or making something.