Change is especially hard for HSPs, especially with regard to career, something that is so central to our lives and routines. I struggled with this last year. I wanted so badly to leave a job I'd been with for 6 years where nothing was getting better and my morale was very low (as was everyone else's). I found another job and put in my resignation, but struggled with the idea of change even before it happened. What I found with my new position was far more stress than what I dealt with at my old job, and pay that was not worth it. I was in turmoil for weeks, deciding what to do. I honestly operate relatively well under pressure, but this was not pressure, it was complete chaos; I was going to be managing a program at a school and came to find out that it was not honestly presented to me upon my acceptance of the position. I was at an all-time low, emotionally. My husband urged me to leave to the position. I hung in for as long as I could and finally came to terms with a choice to walk away. I felt so low, like a failure...however, I did some soul searching for the month to follow and decided to go back to school. Best decision I've ever made. I struggled with it at first, too! I doubted my ability...but with time, I fell into the rhythm of classes and the syllabus work, and ended up with an A in every class at the end of my last two semesters. Wouldn't you know, that after I was back in school full-time, I began getting countless job-offers? But I chose to stick with school and have done so well :)

Change is indeed scary, but you cannot be happy unless you allow yourself to be open to new/better opportunities. You will fall into the flow of this life change with time (usually for HSPs it takes a little longer to transition), but you will end up so much happier and feeling more fulfilled in the end. When you feel the stress of the transition, make time to find some quiet time in your head and sit with it for a few minutes, just breathing, not thinking. It'll help to even you out. Leaving behind old friends is also hard/sad, but your quality of life will improve so much with a job that doesn't suck the life out of you. You will be alright, even if it doesn't seem like it right now! You'll look back and smile on your decision.

Best to you.

Thanks a lot for your reply. I thought a lot about this throughout the whole week even after giving my resignation letter. My colleagues who are very much used and fond of me are asking me time and again if this is my final decision and if I am sure about it. Now, it is very clear in my mind that after less than 2 months I will be leaving. One thing is for sure I do not want to regret the fact that I got an opportunity and rejected it without even trying to know what was there for me. I have missed so many like this and do not want to miss more.

Moreover, I will be having. A one to one meeting with human resources manager this Monday. She will do her best to try to convince me but my decision is firm now. Some of my seniors are trying to tell colleagues who are very close tome to try to convince since they really need me for the project but personally I am getting nowhere will all those stress. Sincerely at 25 I cannot commit myself to work this much that I am leaving life behind. This really needs to change. I believe that stress is not to be accepted at any age but I am too young for that.

Thanks so much.