Yes it is your body warning you about the degree of longterm burnout that you are being forced to normalize by life that it cannot.

I've been off since 18th December and have no wish to return. I want to continue to eat cheese, chutney, and crackers at home whilst playing Atomfall. Wage-paying Bastards.

I can't take vacations because if I do I'll quit my job.

I don't come back refreshed and relaxed. I come back pissed that I have to continue slaving away just to barely survive.

I on the other hand am ready for my kids to go back to school where they have instructors who are trained, and staff to cook, feed and clean up after them, as well as friends to converse with that they can get their energy out with as opposed to constantly being all up in my face. I LOVE my kids so much but the office is gonna seem like a vacation. Note that I’m COMMISSION ONLY so it’s not like I’m not in a somewhat stressful spot there either….

I was laid off at the end of summer, and am just starting a new job this week. The level of anxiety is real, even knowing the new job is less responsibility (and money) than my previous one.

I'm a freelancer but can't really shoulder the financial ups and downs. So I worry I can't find a stable job but I also worry I will find a stable job.

Anytime I have more than like, 4 days off, I always have a worry in the back of my head that I'll forget how to do my job lol. Its never happened, but I still always worry.

I've been dreading returning to work for the past week during break. Even more so now that RTO is mandatory for the the whole company. I'm desperately looking for remote work elsewhere but it's been fruitless so far. Why can't upper management just let its office workers do their jobs the best way they see fit? The announcement from a few months ago already worsened the attrition rate to at least one engineer every week.