Hi Myles, thanks for taking the first steps in recognising your challenges and having the bravery to post.
In my case, I felt the same and it gradually perpetuated into an everyday thing and I eventually drew the line and made the choice to leave. That choice is a personal one.
In relation to your post though, I had to gradually dedicate each morning to working on myself and detaching myself from the rest of the day for that precious hour or so before work, whether it is yoga, meditation, listening to an uplifting podcast.
Basically, my take on it was whatever I was stressing about was going to happen whether I worried about it or not, and sometimes it turns out to be nothing at all just my mind playing tricks on me.
I'd encourage you to give yourself the time in the morning to focus on yourself, and if you've had a stressful day instead of hitting the bottle (in my case), do the things that make you happy. Ultimately you have to make the choice of what is more important to you, your mental health or your job and it's a complex dilemma to navigate around.
So i don't want to give you advice on what you SHOULD do because everyone's circumstances are different I just wanted to share what worked for me in the interim and let you know you are not alone and this community will support you in whatever capacity it can,
I hope this helps,
Rhys
whether it was listening to an uplifting podcast or doing something I enjoyed in that hour before work, without dwelling on what the day was to bring.
At the very least it put me in the best position to be able to handle the day-to-day stressors of work be it physically, emotionally, psychologically, or otherwise.
