Don't know what kind of issues caused you so much fear, but no one deserves to be yelled at. Or was that just one of your fears? There are jobs out there that we either feel trapped in or can be abusive and until we look at and deal with all our fears we will pick them for all the wrong reasons.Looking for a good match takes time. It's as important as looking for a spouse, we spend as much time there. Glad you are feeling relief!Try to learn from it and take knowledge with you to the next job.

It was mostly my severe anxiety getting the best of me. It has been so bad lately that I just didn't know what to do anymore.

I have quit a few jobs partly because of anxiety problems ( I know now) but also because they were miserable places to be. You know it's pretty bad when you'd rather starve or face the unknown than work at a crappy job for one more day. Getting that off your back may be what you need to heal right now.

Had to walk out on jobs before too, it will save your sanity and health when there is no other way and there are always other jobs. Of course we all have to worry about paying bills.
But I remember when I have walked away from jobs that a second wave of panic sets in when I realize how much darn work it is to get another job out there, slim pickings right now.

At first it is great to walk away from an abusive workplace no doubt, but I think it is better when we start a certain way of thinking: while in jobs always be informed what else is out there.

I only stay in my job to make ends meet like so many other people I am sure, but my main interest is in furthering my businesses that I am running. The job is secondary, but that does not mean I do not do good work at both.

I am in a similar boat. I have a toddler and my husband works fulltime out of state. Daycare was going to cost my entire weeks paycheck, so I stepped down to part time. What kind of an idiot gives up a full time job in this economy? One who can't handle the anxiety of it and uses their child as an excuse. I can't commit myself to a job like I had, and always being at fault or spoken down to etc, I can't blame you for quitting. I felt the same way. I have no advice unfortunately, but I hope you can feel better soon and find a job without being yelled at!

I quit my job last month for similar reasons. I don't like quitting jobs, but I felt like I was on the verge of a breakdown. It just wasn't worth it. Now, I am trying to find a job that I will be able to handle better. The one I had would have been unpleasant even if I wasn't dealing with high anxiety. I'm glad that a weight has been lifted off your shoulders, and I wish you all the best as you move forward.

I've quit all three jobs I've ever had because of anxiety. Unfortunately, each time I had let my anxiety get to the point where I could. not. take it anymore (sobbing uncontrollably every time I thought about work) and couldn't even muster the sense to let them at least know I was quitting, never mind a 2 week notice. I just never went back to any of them. Every time I felt indescribably relieved, but now I'm 22 with absolutely no working history to put on a resume. :(

(1) fast food, nobody wanted to speak english, and I don't know spanish, leaving me constantly confused, extremely stressful when every little task requires teamwork.

(2) fast food again, literally got YELLED at while standing at the front counter in the busy restaurant by a manager (I was trying to say something to him about a customer, he kept cutting me off mid-sentence basically saying whatever, then decided yelling was appropriate), the sweetest older woman gave me a butterscotch candy and told me not to worry about him, but I never went back.

(3) admin. assistant, I had to call every. single. day to ask if they wanted me to work that day, 100% of the time didn't answer right away, 75% of the time didn't call me back at all, I spent entire days stressing out about them possibly calling me, one day I just stopped calling.