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Hit a wall where I just couldn't work. Had absolutely no drive and found even setting up simple meetings and sending short emails felt like moving a mountain.
I ended up taking a month and a half of unpaid leave to just completely disconnect. Helped a ton
I talked to my professional development coach about everything. Was super receptive given the intensity of the year/project.
I finished my project and was in good standing so they didn't have a problem with it.
Came back feeling a lot better.
Not 100 percent but certainly better!
If you could take two months away I'd even do that! I had a cousin in I-banking who quit and took a full year off lol
I’m broken
Just realizing this now D1, and have decided to jump out. Life really is too short... time to breath again.
I slowly started doing less and less work. Then I got laid off. Rode my severance out until I could find a new job, and got a 20% raise with way less hours
Had my first ever panic attack
I knew when I was having trouble waking up and getting out of bed.
Fix is taking time off whenever I need in the form of 3 or 4 day weekends
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Had a mental breakdown. Took a leave of absence from work.
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Thanks folks. I’m doing better now, but I learned I couldn’t go at the pace I was going previously—it was neither safe for my mental or physical health.
Yeah I took 2 months off and learned to meditate. Find something outside of work that drives your inner passions. I’m still searching for that thing but I know whatever I’m looking for is not in a ******* excel spreadsheet
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Idk if I'm burned out or depressed but I started having panic attacks for the first time last month followed by me sleeping through and barely coasting through the work day for almost a week.
Idk how I pulled myself out of it honestly I started investing in myself a little more I realized with the stress I barely ate (at most once a day sometimes I didn't eat at all) and when I did eat it was junk (like some days I just had a small bag of chips the whole day)
-I literally forced myself to eat a large plate of just kale or spinach everyday for a few days (this alone boosted my mood bc #1 meals I'd been skipping made me weak #2 helped my iron levels bc im anemic).
-I also started planning a biz I'd been talking about for years (bought url, began trademark process, sketched out plans, etc.) Made me feel better to have something outside of work
I still feel like I'm teetering on the edge of another panic attack or mental break most days but at least now I have some good days. Idk how much longer I can pull through like this but I just keep thinking we are almost to Thanksgiving break which means almost to the extended Christmas break.
Took 3 days pto, plus the weekend it was 5 days unplugged. Just read and relaxed. Well needed.
I never really understood why people worked themselves to death..I would like to know what some answers are from people. Please, I have to know!
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I was angry and bitter and lashed out at people. Then I broke down in front of my MD. I took a month off
Constant tension and stress. Every day felt like a chore to get through and I didn’t want to keep grinding away. I left for industry and love it so far.
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