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I got lost pushing to be “done” and it never came

… I got lost pushing to be “done” and it never came. One day my brain started hurting all the time. I started crying when I had to think about work, out of nowhere…really scary for me who always thought I was rock solid even after months of long days doing nothing but thinking hard. I tried to push through, ask for more money to soothe my pain, the company offered me a sort of break. But I had to quit cold turkey. Now I am taking a real break and the thought of that work makes my body tense up. I get tearful again. I am going to take a lot of time to build some workout habits, some set hours of the day where I will never “work”, and do some emotional digging into my loops. Thanks for sharing! It is so nice to hear everyone’s stories.

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Exercise helps a lot in my experience. I also got stuck in a position of "Context switching and constant hard thinking" for a long time. Just stepped back and let it burn because it was also an "unofficial" position.

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> But at a certain level, I stopped having clear cut tasks. The work had huge scope and was totally open ended. This hits home for me, and I believe is a huge source of my burnout right now. It sucks, because I like my job and don't want to leave, but at this point I feel pretty broken and unable to perform like I know I can.

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