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Maybe... the workload is actually too much and it is not my fault for being exhausted and feeling low most of the time.

Some of the coworkers told me I work harder than most of them. They told me I take the initiative the most compared to them all.

I had a burnout and almost everyday I locked myself in the bathroom at work crying (which I am ashamed to admit to be honest.)
And I was blaming depression for my lack of focus and low mood ...

Turns out, I had the heaviest load on my shoulders and because I am human I was not able to hold it while staying sane.

And then this happened: when we were presenting, the professor said as I was engrossed in presenting the hardest cases: aren't you taking the most complicated cases?

I laughed it off but my coworkers noticed and started to take action on it. They started to tell me to take less initiative.

I felt better afterwards... I felt freer. I started fearing going to work less and giving more.

So maybe, maybe... it was actually work and not me exaggerating being too tired.

I sometimes feel like I do a bad job, but one of these coworkers (this one is a friend) actually surprised me when she said she appreciates me too much and how I approache and care for the cases.

My words are a bit shambled but I guess this is how my emotions are atm... I need to tame them down.
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4meAndyou · F
You are so perfect in your analysis of what has gone wrong for you in the past! People who care about you here on SW KNEW you were headed to burnout...but it took your OWN flawless analysis to view your work performance, and find the ways it could be made do-able, and liveable!

I am, as always, SO proud of you for figuring this out!!!

4meAndyou · F
@Friendlyperson One way you could act, would be to speak to the teammates and tell them you have to cover their patients because they are doing OTHER things!
Friendlyperson · 26-30, F
@4meAndyou
I am talking about the patients of the absent teammates. I took them and added the load to myself.
We should have divided them.
4meAndyou · F
@Friendlyperson Yes, that's right. I didn't quite understand.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@Friendlyperson you need to slow it down a bit and take a back seat otherwise you will burn yourself out . try and stop being hard on yourself because you feel you do not perform as well as you did it is for your own good
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Friendlyperson · 26-30, F
@smiler2012 I am trying, I swear. It is just hard to do.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@Friendlyperson 🤔 i do not doubt that and do understand it is difficult for you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome?

 
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