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My recommendations: Mental Health _____ Get on an anti-anxiety medication if you can / want to. They can be really helpful to take the edge off for a while u
by honkycat 5y ago
My recommendations:
Mental Health
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Get on an anti-anxiety medication if you can / want to. They can be really helpful to take the edge off for a while until you return to normal.
My therapist is the one I info-dump and bitch about work to. I don't have any particularly deep psychological trauma. I just want to pay someone to complain about work to, so they can give me feedback and things to try. It isn't fair to your friends and family to constantly be absorbing your pain.
I learned this the hard way after losing friends because I was "too negative and whiny."
Hobbies
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I read a book called "atomic habits" and I liked it a lot.
Basically, when I have a hobby, I track TIME, not "goals." Goals are too nebulous. Time is something I can keep track of easily and more time === more good at hobby. ( Kind-of. It is at least a decent metric to track. )
I picked up guitar, beer making, smoking meat, running, game development, all during the pandemic. I hear you! I just jumped around until I found something that stuck. Don't give up on finding a hobby! But don't stick with you you aren't enjoying.
Work
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I wouldn't tell your work you are "burned out." People... can suck. And do you really need a bunch of opinions and attention around how stressed out and tired of the job you are? No, not really.
Maybe reach out to individuals privately if you want some support but also: see section 1: Your friends/coworkers are not your therapist.
As for specific reasons... for me it is other people. The work is fine, but dealing with personalities, and boredom, and stress... it gets exhausting.
Try to identify the people who are causing you the most stress and try to interact with them as little as possible. Keep a journal. If they are being outright abusive, write it down in the journal, and eventually you will have something you can present to justify your request to be distanced from them.