Career change due to mental health

[breadqueen]

I had a traumatic experience over a year ago and I’ve been struggling with depression and anxiety ever since. I developed ocd symptoms and I’m currently on a waitlist for assessment/treatment for it.

i have a really good stable job but unfortunately I’ve developed so much anxiety about what I do for work. I have two main ocd themes and my job deals with both of them constantly. For example I work in healthcare and have health related ocd. So I spend every day feeling horribly anxious doing the compulsions. I’m so mentally exhausted from feeling that way all day long I just go home shower eat and go to bed, I don’t have the mental energy to do any trauma work to get to the root of the issue and heal. I was on medical leave for a few weeks which was I really started putting work in but as soon as I went back I had panic attacks again.

I’m considering a career change but so scared of making the wrong decision. I’m treated very well at my job and I know that can be rare. Plus my degree will be useless if I can’t work in my field. It’s been over a year of this and I’m just so tired

Can you tell your boss and could they move you temporarily to another job like admin?

Have you had any medication intervention? I struggled for decades with my issues. The choice was taken away from me as I had an episode of hypomania and was section but thx relief receiving ghe right treatment has given me. I’m back loving a life I hadn’t for decades.
All the best

When you say trauma work have you tried EMDR? It's not exhausting at all, I was a bit tired after my first session, but after that I felt lighter after every one.

I had an accident and its very closely related to my job, I was getting triggered and EMDR has been life changing. Possibly an antidepressnt may help with reducing the severity of the symptoms to give you a break in the meantime while you get to the root.