15 Signs You Should Quit Your Job To Protect Your Mental Health
On the fence about quitting your job? Consider the impact toxic workplace culture is having on every aspect of your life and the ripple effects these symptoms have on your loved ones.
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No Solutions
You've tried everything to resolve the situation, but things just keep getting worse. You've spoken with HR, you've tried to address the issue personally, you've taken time off to recover, you've asked for a transfer and filed a complaint. Despite everything, things are getting worse.
Poor Management
Your manager has made it clear they do not care about your well-being or future growth prospects. How they have treated you is how they will always treat you. If they have not acknowledged your efforts and treated you with respect, this will not change.
Financial Incentives Are Not Enough
You spend more time at work than at home. Financial reasons are not enough to justify spending your time somewhere that does not value your worth.
4. Physical Symptoms
Exhaustion, frequently sickness, headaches, migraines, stomach cramps and aching muscles.
5. Psychological Symptoms:
Insomnia, anxiety, depression, memory loss, trouble concentrating and symptoms of PTSD.
6. Increased Cynicism.
You're increasingly cynical about work and believe it will be just as bad elsewhere. Part of you thinks its better do deal with the devil you know than risk the hassle of transferring jobs only to be met with the same kind of toxicity.
7. Social Isolation
There's no one you can trust at work and no one outside of work who understands the severity of the problem adding to feelings of loneliness.
8. Trust Issues
Their lies, backstabbing and fake smiles have spread to every corner of your life, and it's difficult for you to trust anyone anymore. Your trust levels have plummeted, and you're suspicious of everyone and everything.
9. Damaging Relationships
Your relationships with loved ones are suffering because they are sick of hearing you complain about work and don’t want to see you suffer. They want the person they love back.
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10. Lack Of Fulfillment.
You don't have the energy or desire to do the things you once loved. Your hobbies have been collecting dust in the background, small things you used to enjoy now feel lackluster and empty. You're finding it hard to come up with reasons to get out of bed in the morning.
11. Lack Of Boundaries
Work has crossed into your home life because you can’t switch off from the stress of knowing a new attack is waiting for you. You feel like breaks at home are never enough to recover and you replay the situation in your head on repeat.
12. Self-Destructive Behavior.
You're struggling to keep your head above water and have turned to alcohol, drugs, smoking and negative coping mechanisms. You hold onto these moments of escape to numb the pain.
13. Sense Of Fear
You’re terrified of going to work each morning and dread Mondays. We all have the occasional monday-itis but if you physically can’t bare the thought of stepping into work again it’s time to walk away. Everyone has the right to feel safe at work.
14. Loss of Self-Confidence
You’ve started to believe their criticisms. Their side comments, rude words and blatant lies have seeped into your psyche, and you're losing sight of your strengths.
15. Loss Of Identity
You're no longer the person you were before you started the job That bright, confident person you were has been swallowed by their toxicity, and you've changed because of it.
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