Burnout Community Group

Support group for anyone struggling with burnout, be it stress from being an executive, caregiver, chronically ill, or whatever has you feeling like you're at the end of your rope. This is a safe place to support and get support, vent, bleed all over the keyboard or whatever we have to do to help one another find strength and comfort.

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I am on 2 wks stress/exhaustion leave from work

Julie111
Julie111
Hello, I am burnt out. I started crying a week ago Monday and couldn't stop. On Wed I couldn't make myself go to work no matter how hard I tried. I am weak tired and have no energy whatsoever. On Friday I went to the DR and she said I needed to take some time off and take care of myself.

This is day 6 I am still weak and unfocused and getting really scared. I had a pretty full day yesterday. Did some cleaning and a bunch of organizing and today I can do nothing but try and eat.

I have no supportive friends nearby. My one friend said go for coffee by yourself don't just stay in the house...my other so called friend said she couldn't talk yesterday b/c her cell was broken....ummm she has a house phone. Oh well I know that they don't give a damn. But I could use some help and support. Its hard to even function at all.

I am afraid that people in my "real life" (not here on DS) think that I am just being lazy and unreasonable. I don't want to be thought as less than, I am the one that holds it all together I am the fixer I am the one that gets it all done.........hahaha yeah its no wonder I have finally broken down.

I have a full time job and I do all the accounting for the corporation hubby and I own. I am a wife, a mother to a 24 yr old. I am so far behind in my cleaning and organizing that it would take me a month of Sundays to catch up.

I can't even keep up with the everyday things now.
Insatiate
Insatiate
I hope you didn't give up finding help here on DS. Most in your situation or similar likely gravitated towards groups already in existence aimed at recovery from depression or anxiety. They may have looked for groups tagged Mental Health or Personal Struggles. I hope you found hope in the same.
Julie111
Julie111
Ah thank you that is kind of you to reply.
Yes I pretty much gave up. I still come on from time to time to journal and look at posts from the other groups I belong too.....but haven't had much support at all really in a very long time.
It was very nice to see someone saw this. sending you a hug
Insatiate
Insatiate
Hey Julie. Glad you are still around and replied. I belonged here a long time ago for quite awhile and I can't say why I drifted away. I have had some medical issues and at one point got amnesia and at another was close to death for 4 months, so it may have been during one of those periods. I have found a group succeeding here requires 5 things... 1] not being a duplicate 2] not being too narrowly focussed 3] promotion 4] at least some regular attendees & conversation 5] reaching out with invites. I think as I said, you probably fell into trouble with 1 & 2. I may have done the same with the group I have just created, Perspective ...which I put in the Personal Challenges category but we'll see. I just rejoined and started it right away with a specific intent. I have to reaquaint myself with how to use DS again. If you are interested, though, I made the group to focus on meeting the needs of those in that gap where you may not need professional services multiple times per week yet need more support than what your friends and family or even a weekly professional appointment or singular weekly face-to-face support group may provide. I created it because I NEED it, but hope that I can meet the needs of others while also needing mine.