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Job burnout.

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  • 01-07-2010 7:15pm
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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Head is really fuzzy at the moment so not even sure what I am trying to write.
    I have a high responsibility job that pays quite well. Up until recently I had considered myself quite good at it. Very good in fact. Right now however I dont even feel like I can go back in the door. I am seriously cracking up.
    I cant go on stress leave as that would ruin my career and destroy any chance of a decent reference. I cant keep going there as I am so stressed I feel like I could give myself a heart attack and I am terrified I will lose it at work. I cant leave the job as I need the money. Anti-depressants have done little to nothing except make me more calm when stressing out (yes I know it doesnt make sense)
    I. do. not. know. what. to. do.


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    Dinkie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭Dinkie


    I feel for you op.

    I felt like that a while ago.

    I would try and take about 3 weeks off and get out of Ireland - you need a total scene of scenery.

    It won't solve the issue, but it will get sort out your head and in my case allowed me to go back to work until I found something else.


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    Cullen82
    Registered Users Posts: 438 ✭✭Cullen82


    That's terrible, Is it possible you can bring this to your superiors attention?


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Cullen82 wrote: »
    That's terrible, Is it possible you can bring this to your superiors attention?

    Already tried. Got the "everybody is stressed" response.


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    AngryBadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭AngryBadger


    OP why do you suddenly not feel like you're any good at your job? Did something happen?


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    anniehoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Could you get your GP to sign you off for a few weeks with a different illness eg. bronchitis or pneumonia, and not say its stress? Give yourself a few weeks break, take stock and decide what options you have.

    Is a career break a possibility either?Stay on the anti Ds if theyre making you calm,thats the point of them.

    And remember...everybodys replaceable and dispensible in a job. Its not worth making yourself ill over it.


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