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Recently I've been feeling more and more detached from work. I thought about taking annual leave but I'm covering for my boss who just went on paternity leave.
by c7DJTLrn 5y ago
Recently I've been feeling more and more detached from work. I thought about taking annual leave but I'm covering for my boss who just went on paternity leave. My employer also coerced (forced) us to take a big chunk of our annual leave already because of concerns there will be a huge clash later in the year. So I feel reluctant to use even more of it and then suffer later in the year. I also thought about asking for unpaid leave but I just moved to a new role and it might be a bad look when I have my review in 6 months.
I'm having a harder and harder time sleeping. Sometimes I only get 2 or 3 hours and I'm up at 4am with what feels like a high level of anxiety, worrying about many kinds of scenarios. Sleeping pills I bought over the counter seem to have no effect.
Would be great if my employer gave us a week to breathe like some companies have, but we're also a startup who just got acquired, so no chance of that either. I'm struggling.
- dandersh 5y agoI was in the same boat as you. Definitely talk to someone, see someone, take something, etc. I didn't and it spiraled out of control.