former bed side nurse here on sick leave till the end of the month. I should start my new job away from patients with normal working hours on October 1st.
I feel drained, even though I eat and sleep well, the best I’ve slept in months, my circadian rhythm is that of a normal human being, I can cook, go shopping, I even play some hobbies now.
Nobody yells at me or makes passive aggressive or backhanded remarks for me to hear.
The 1st. of October is a week away and I don’t believe I’ll be a fully functioning human being by then, most probably I’ll ask for a 2 week sick leave extension.
what worked for you to go back to your normal self?
That’s all great advice… if you actually get the time and physical room for it. Which many people don’t. It’s just rise and grind, rinse & repeat, any pause meaning homelessness or worse.
It’s simply not true, and a convenient excuse we make for ourselves when we’re burnt out.
It does not take you 4 hours to commute either way. And that assumes 8 hours sleep.
The overwhelming majority of people have 3-6 free hours every day.
chores and care for family and demands from others aren’t nothing. That said, we have the average numbers for phone use (and the OP is on lemmy so…)
You’re right, it’s my own failure for not thriving in a capitalistic hellhole.
Something I am painfully aware of every single day, don’t you worry. It’s not like anyone around me will let me forget it.