Could anyone advise me about this? Last year was tricky. Restructuring at work leading to close friends moving on. Periods of short staffing. Long hours working on a new project. Other non work stuff (bereavement). By December I was just plodding on. Had a 2 week break over Christmas, then this year, I’ve been finding it really hard to concentrate, put in the extra hours and reading I need to do. Today I did feel more hopeful and started to think about some work planning, but then got a feeling I realised was familiar – tense in my shoulders, arms and legs, tight across the chest. I realised that for at least the last year (except at the end when I was too tired) I’ve felt like that for pretty much most of the time. Come home from work and work, open wine, plan next steps. How can I get back on top of things without the tension (I think I/ my body is afraid, if that makes sense). Am I just not up to my job? I find my work interesting.