Mine has been impacted by a few significant health blows, followed by the death of a thousand cuts. Health problems inhibiting, interrupting sustained focus an

Mine has been impacted by a few significant health blows, followed by the death of a thousand cuts. Health problems inhibiting, interrupting sustained focus and "flow". Environments that have become increasingly distracting. Audible and visible noise, more and more inescapable. Some sick environments -- physical toxins. Compounded, co-morbid symptoms that have made it difficult to sort out what is actually a factor and to what extent. Co-morbid stress and eventual "depression" or whatever you want to call it. That remarkably and relatively quickly lifts, when I get out of these circumstances for a bit. I now know and believe I have some significant if not permanent, long-term damage. For some time, I've been saying "next year", but another "crisis" inevitably comes along (mostly those of other people in my life). Well, next year. Somehow, I'm going to move. And I'm going to find ways to simply not work for and with people who promote these conditions. Stop the cuts. P.S. I write this so that if it rings true for other people, they don't wait so long to "get out" and break the downward positive-reinforcement loop.