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I've had that feeling once, standing on the edge. And I know some people that burned out. There is only one working solution. Get professional help. If your s

I've had that feeling once, standing on the edge. And I know some people that burned out. There is only one working solution. Get professional help. If your servers crash - you ask an expert. If your car makes funny noises - you go to a garage, were there are professionals. If you have an infection - you consult an M.D. But we tend to ignore psychological conditions and we tend to ask others (amateurs) for an opinion. But this is really nothing more than a physical illness in respect to the way it has to be treated - by an expert. So do yourself a favor and ask your favorite search-engine for professionals, that know their stuff, when it comes to burnout. And then make an appointment. You are no good to your startup, if it crashes around you, because you crash and burn. You are no help to anybody, if your condition affects your work (and it will do that soon). You have the responsibility for everybody, who's paycheck depends on the success of your startup - and that depends on your well being. And: You owe it to yourself to heal. just my two cents

throwawayagain 15y ago
Throwaway here and I completely agree. Consult your primary care physician first. They are best equipped to diagnose somatic problems and will refer you out to a psychiatrist once you check out okay physically. I for a couple of years dealt with depression and just being damn tired all the time. I actually had to go to a few doctors before I found one that was able to help me. Turns out I had a goddamn tumor in my parathyroid gland. I'll paraphrase a bit of Dr. House, "unsquint [sic] your eyes when you take a look at your labs"
lusr 15y ago
This is the right advice IMO but beware that finding an informed professional can be surprisingly difficult. It would be in your interest to spend some time researching depression and mood disorders so that you can at least ascertain the professional is working from established scientific background (it feels weird even suggesting this but I've had weird experiences) as there are many schools of thought with regards to dealing with depression but relatively few with any convincing scientific evidence of effectiveness. In my opinion you don't want to end up with somebody who automatically assumes it takes a complete life history and hypnotherapy with childhood regression over 10 years to deal with depression, or who assumes that the first approach should be medication, for instance, when your symptoms don't indicate a need for it. A book like David Burns' "Feeling Good" is enough to give you quick insight (by taking the Burns Depression Checklist and explaining one therapy that has been demonstrated as effective) without turning you into a hypochondriac (the idea isn't to make excuses for not seeing a professional because you're researching, or to make excuses for why you're "incurable").
Produce 15y ago
As a counter argument - the best person to know you is you. We all owe it to ourselves to learn how to debug our own bodies and minds. They're all different and achieving mastery of a particular one can only be done by itself. The benefits of this are numerous in that you become predictable to yourself. You know how you'll react in situation X and that if you do Y at Z time you can avoid mental state Q. A shrink won't be able to tell you that. As a counter-counter argument, the truth is in the middle. There's a lot of collective wisdom and knowledge on these subjects and a lot which can only be discovered independently. A hybrid approach is head and shoulders above either one in isolation.

throwawayagain 15y ago

Throwaway here and I completely agree. Consult your primary care physician first. They are best equipped to diagnose somatic problems and will refer you out to a psychiatrist once you check out okay physically. I for a couple of years dealt with depression and just being damn tired all the time. I actually had to go to a few doctors before I found one that was able to help me. Turns out I had a goddamn tumor in my parathyroid gland. I'll paraphrase a bit of Dr. House, "unsquint [sic] your eyes when you take a look at your labs"

lusr 15y ago

This is the right advice IMO but beware that finding an informed professional can be surprisingly difficult. It would be in your interest to spend some time researching depression and mood disorders so that you can at least ascertain the professional is working from established scientific background (it feels weird even suggesting this but I've had weird experiences) as there are many schools of thought with regards to dealing with depression but relatively few with any convincing scientific evidence of effectiveness. In my opinion you don't want to end up with somebody who automatically assumes it takes a complete life history and hypnotherapy with childhood regression over 10 years to deal with depression, or who assumes that the first approach should be medication, for instance, when your symptoms don't indicate a need for it. A book like David Burns' "Feeling Good" is enough to give you quick insight (by taking the Burns Depression Checklist and explaining one therapy that has been demonstrated as effective) without turning you into a hypochondriac (the idea isn't to make excuses for not seeing a professional because you're researching, or to make excuses for why you're "incurable").

Produce 15y ago

As a counter argument - the best person to know you is you. We all owe it to ourselves to learn how to debug our own bodies and minds. They're all different and achieving mastery of a particular one can only be done by itself. The benefits of this are numerous in that you become predictable to yourself. You know how you'll react in situation X and that if you do Y at Z time you can avoid mental state Q. A shrink won't be able to tell you that. As a counter-counter argument, the truth is in the middle. There's a lot of collective wisdom and knowledge on these subjects and a lot which can only be discovered independently. A hybrid approach is head and shoulders above either one in isolation.