Nurse checking in. I've been burnt out for years, panic attacks, loss of sleep, loss of appetite, serious depression, etc. I've worked thru burn out multiple times in my career, typically just working more and more.
I've finally found my way into my retirement job, I'm less than 5 years out from being able to retire from this profession and my current job is considerably easier, although I still wish I did just about anything else in the world. I'm holding on to the light at the end of the tunnel with a tight grip and I'm trying to grin and bear thru 56 more months.
I'm certain I have developed some very poor coping mechanisms with stress and burn out. I'm likely going to push thru another few years and retire relatively young, but I feel like it'll be similar to rebirth.
My question is, when someone has finally left the job they've been experiencing long term burn out from.... is that it? I'm sure there is more to fixing burn out than just quitting, but more specifically, is there a... post burn out aftercare regimen? Or some specific type of therapist to see? I feel like I've kind of lost my sense of self after being absorbed by work stress and depression for nearly 20 years, and once I'm done I already feel like I'll be pretty lost.
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Nurse checking in. I've been burnt out for years, panic attacks, loss of sleep, loss of appetite, serious depression, etc. I've worked thru burn out multiple times in my career, typically just working more and more.
I've finally found my way into my retirement job, I'm less than 5 years out from being able to retire from this profession and my current job is considerably easier, although I still wish I did just about anything else in the world. I'm holding on to the light at the end of the tunnel with a tight grip and I'm trying to grin and bear thru 56 more months.
I'm certain I have developed some very poor coping mechanisms with stress and burn out. I'm likely going to push thru another few years and retire relatively young, but I feel like it'll be similar to rebirth.
My question is, when someone has finally left the job they've been experiencing long term burn out from.... is that it? I'm sure there is more to fixing burn out than just quitting, but more specifically, is there a... post burn out aftercare regimen? Or some specific type of therapist to see? I feel like I've kind of lost my sense of self after being absorbed by work stress and depression for nearly 20 years, and once I'm done I already feel like I'll be pretty lost.
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