Is it normal to get anxiety before checking emails? Every god damn morning

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Normal? No. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.

Common? Unfortunately, yes.

I’d encourage you to do some work and maybe even some therapy to figure out your anxiety. Trust me, this can lurk for years and then surface in ugly ways. Good that you’re noticing it now.

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Not sure if it’s normal but it had become BAU in my last 12 months at Deloitte - the worst thing was that even when I worked till midnight, I would still get to work at 9am to find 15 unread emails

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Usually if you don’t enjoy your job

It may be common but it’s not healthy. Is there something you can do to care less? I’m not being sassy - the book the subtle art of not giving a F really helped me gain some perspective. I cared about so many things that were causing me stress until I internalized the fact that nobody is going to be physically hurt if I don’t do xyz or if that deliverable isn’t perfect or if that email goes unanswered for a few hours or days even! Then I was free to actually do a better job at most things because the burden of stress was lifted.

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