My brain no longer releases dopamine. I’m a mid-level and stopped having any positive emotions like a month ago. It’s just flat. I’m not depressed/sad. I think I’m just bored despite being underwater. I recently lateraled from a firm where my group was full of big personalities to a firm where my group has zero personalities. I’ve tried everything I can think of to get a hint of personality from every single person. None. Zero. It’s like they’re robots. I don’t know what to do!

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This. I feel this. You’re not alone.

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No emotions can be another form/stage of depression.

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Yup, I agree. I talked to my psychiatrist about it today and we’re going to wait and see if this goes away or if I need some antidepressants.

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This is why we need to be in the office

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Yeah, I have high hopes that being in the office will help.

I really hate to admit it because I love working from home but I do think there’s a big disconnect right now. I lateraled during the pandemic and I’m on zooms all day, but we’re slammed so it’s really focused calls. I feel like I don’t have that random banter that made work more enjoyable.

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Yea this is the first day it actually hit me and I still don’t want to be in the office all the time but this environment feels so cold! When you’re working all the time and have no personal connection it’s demoralizing for sure

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