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· @giantbear ·
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This obsession nearly killed me
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For a fairly intelligent person who usually has most of her ducks in a row, I did the dumbest thing ever! I developed a complete obsession with a project at work and nearly lost all my marbles and ducks at the same time! 

These last few weeks have been quite overwhelming. I hardly slept for three hours a night. I worked for eight hours straight from six in the morning and then took a break for an hour and worked for another six hours. The rest of the time left during the day, I tried to relax but because I was so obsessed with my work, I couldn't think of anything else or shut down my brain. 

I had a very hard time falling asleep and when I woke up, I went straight back to work. I was completely overworked and didn't sleep enough. I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. This obsession even took over my weekends, and I didn't relax at all! 

I felt like a mad scientist and imagined that every second I didn't work was valuable time lost! 

I felt so completely lost that I even considered giving up and quitting my job. I had this mountain of work and the more I tried to do, the less I did. I was so focused on what was left to do that I completely overdid it.  

It was so bad that I woke up on Sunday night in a severe panic attack and knew that if I didn't stop doing what I was doing, then things would not turn out well for me. 

I know this was my own fault and no job is worth so much effort. My whole life was JUST about work and it was terrifying. I was negative about everything else and it took a lot of effort and motivation from my side just to get back into a normal pattern.  

In my attempt to prevent a complete mental breakdown I quit working on the project immediately. My brain needed a break and I had to rest. 

I took three days off, and didn't even think about work. Mentally it did me the world of good! 

The mountain of work is still there, but nothing is rushing me to get this done anymore. 

I also realized that I was working just to keep myself busy because my husband works away now. I was using all my time not to come to terms with that and nearly killed myself avoiding the obvious. 

Slowly but surely I am getting my life back day by day. 

No job is worth putting yourself through what I did. If you are doing the same thing, then stop! Take the time to smell the roses. Spend time with your family because ultimately they are more important. 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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@joanstewart ·
Doing oneself damage extensively pushing through, no matter what one does we have to pace ourselves or burn out. 

Break of three days must have allowed you a little time to unwind, rethink now carry on at a slower pace, no job is worthy of running out of steam before completion.

Did that once working flat out in day corporate, up early then going to bed late studying, took me months to recover fully, hope you even keeled once again.

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No job is worth putting your life or mental health at risk. We are not super humans after all.
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@riverflows ·
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Oh dear... I've been there too. You learnt to do it differently next time so you don't break! It's not good hey. 
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