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Recognizable. I try to increase how much of my wage I save, in case I can’t continue working for ever.

My best answer for my own sake is just burnout, exasperated by some underlying depression. I can have good periods when job stress is low and I make good life choices. Incidentally, I had a blood test show borreliosis randomly 10 years ago, but doubt that’s relevant.

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If your job is impacting your health, literally do something else. I know it's seemingly flippant but it's real advice.

I left a very high stress job for one that pays less, but has zero stress. Within 1 week I had to come off the blood pressure medicine. Within 2 months I started weaning off the anxiety meds.

It's like I've been looking at life through frosted glass, and it's suddenly clear. I wish I had done this sooner.

The loss of income isn't the end of the world. You can make it work. I did.

Thanks for the advice. I don’t feel like my job is that bad, honestly. I’m an IT consultant and there’s always just a little too much that needs to be done at my current client. I’m extremely motivated for the task though, and end up overextending time and time again. There are definitely aspects of the project that are stress inducing (big org, lots of meetings, lots of different consulting agencies).

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