Over the past 3 years or so life has been stressful and I’ve experienced anxiety. I’ve posted before about the effects that lockdown and shielding had for me. I had my first session of counselling yesterday to address the anxiety.
Work is intense and changes in my team means my workload has increased and will continue to do so for the next 6 months. Without being too outing it’s also quite an emotionally draining job. I’ve been studying for a masters with only the dissertation left . The pressure of studying as well as everything else has felt overwhelming at times and not enjoyable at all.
I decided something had to give so I’ve started the process of withdrawing from university . I’ll have a postgraduate diploma rather than a full masters.
Initially I felt relieved but now I’m anxious that I shouldn’t have given up and I’ll regret it. I’m trying to say to myself that wellbeing and work comes first.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?