In my mid/late 20s and feel ground down. In a high pressure job. Achieved well throughout school and university but then came to a halt in latter years of university. Still did well but had to take a year out to regroup. Have encountered similar struggles in current field of work - work is fine but frequent and high stress assessments are proving tough. These are only for a limited period and the end is in sight. Despite formerly being a “high achiever” (I guess), I feel like when something becomes very hard, I feel very overwhelmed and very stressed. Often in the past I would overthink things (eg first university assignment) then hand it in in a panic and do very well. I feel embarrassed that I have found the last few years so hard and that maybe I am not cut out for this? Can anyone help?