Current project giving me anxiety. I feel like I need to quit, but feel dumb for thinking that

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I struggle similarly being remote, working with 2 other time zones and expected to manage the technical team for cut over activities with very little experience with the vendor's application. I've basically taken a back seat to keep my stress down, but the guilt of "quitting" on my team is surmounting.

I would talk to a trusted advisor in your company or to a therapist. I'm about to, and that's mostly the recommendation I see from others. Good leaders will want you to be happy so that engagement is high and makes for an efficient team/delivery, so you should be able to voice your issues so they can help. Maybe you need to go to a new project that fits your lifestyle. That's okay, and leaving one that isn't working for another shouldn't be see as quitting.

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@A1 thank you. It’s not panic attack level, but just a constant dread and worry of failure. Project is terrible and I just want out of it

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That alone is stressful. You have to take care of you.😊 Please consider, you dont want things to get worse.

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Dont feel dumb. Speak with your doctor and let them know the Intensity of your daily anxiety and request time off. You can get short term disability for this.

You are def not dumb. And that’s a very normal and common thought- quit. Mind to share what bother you in the project?

Anxiety is a true killer, but it does so one small bit at a time. Find someone to talk with, professional or otherwise, to help you determine whether you have a real problem. The disease of anxiety will cloud your judgment, causing you to misjudge things around you. Keep talking.

@PwC1 basically there is such bad communication and I am remote with no team in my country. I feel like I’m expected to know all this stuff after seeing it once on a call with very little guidance, which is fine to a point (don’t need to be micromanaged) but I’m getting depressed being remote (we don’t even have our own company office)

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I'm doing everything in my power to not quit without another job lined up, and every interview falls through. I'm overwhelmed by my clients, I've had enough corporate koolaid for a lifetime, I could not care less about what I do, and I've started exhibiting destructive behaviors at work but keep getting told I'm doing great.

If I'm going to be stuck here, clearly my attitude is the main problem. How have you learned to find joy in your job? What makes you feel like you matter here? Why stay?

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