So, today the client said something to me that could be read as either innocent, or completely nasty. At first, I took what was written in an innocent sense, but the more I read the few sentences over, the bitchier the words became. After a while I was steaming mad and just blocked everyone out. I didn’t take any messages or calls–I was in no mood. That just sent my mood down the crapper. The anger gave way to apathy, and eventually I thought to myself: “man, work really just makes me dead inside.”
Whoa.
OK, so I’m quite sure this mini-crisis will pass quickly enough, but more than anything I’m pretty sure that this over-reacting is a sign that burnout aftershocks are still occurring, and if I’m not careful I’ll find myself in a full-on relapse from which I’d probably have a lot more difficulty in terms of recovery. In all honesty, I’m starting to consider that I may be becoming a little bit mentally unstable. Although…if I recognize it, does it really make me unstable? Hmm. No matter.
Tomorrow is another day. It should be better.
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