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Burnout
Anxiety Support / by easyKitten3223
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 February 6th
...See more Hello! I am writing to tell my story (in case it helps someone else, I am here to share my experience) and also because I need some advice. I am a medical resident in the pediatrics field. I finished medical school in 2022 and start working in 2023 (in my country after medical school you have to take a big national exam and after that, based on your sore you choose your field and city) After I started to work I had a very bad period. I had a lot of panic attacks, constant anxiety, fear of death, brain fog, lack of concentration, I usually felt like I wasn't living own life and I had a lot of physical symptoms too. I did some therapy, started practicing yoga, go to church, I took some plant based medication. I started to feel better after a year or so. After that I started to feel pretty numb. I went to work, came home, sleep and loose time. I never had the motivation to do anything and I always felt tired. I started to go to gym, read more, reduce time on my phone, because I felt like my life was passing by. I still feel lack of motivation in a lot of things, going out with fiends, learn, doing house chorus. After analysing this period I came to the conclusion that I was in burnout after that big scary national exam and the people at work were toxic. In my first months of working my supervisor was always telling me that I am not good enough, and make me feel like I don't deserve my place. All of this was overwhelming. But I do belive that this attitude and the fact that I started to work and my life changed came in a very bad moment because I was already in burnout. Now I feel better with my anxiety, I haven't hat a panic attack for a year. I am proud of myself for that. I still have some moments where I feel anxious but I can control them. My problem now is that I changed my supervisor, again, and now I have a lot of work. I feel overwhelmed and very tired all the time. I don't know what to do, not to fall again. How can I prevent burnout? Can somebody help? Thank you! Sorry for the long post. And for everyone fighting with anxiety, I promise you that Time and small things will help, even if you cannot see the light on the and of the tunnel. You can find joy again, you can have a normal life.
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