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How did you climb out of burnout without quitting your job entirely?
I'm at the point where I dread Monday from Saturday afternoon already. Heart palpitations,…
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Chronic work stress, can't switch off at night. Anyone found something that works?
My mind races about work the moment I lie down and I'm sleeping maybe 4-5 hours. Coffee to survive the day, repeat. I don't want to be dramatic but it's been months. What actually helped you?
Anonymous asker ·Asked on 1 months ago ·708 views ·4 answers
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Grab Uncle Raju Beginner First-hand experience Driving Grab full time 6 years already, can tell you which platform pays better and how to survive as PHV.
Please don't brush this off as being dramatic, months of 4 to 5 hours sleep with racing thoughts is your body waving a red flag. Been exactly there. What genuinely helped me, in order of impact: cutting caffeine after 2pm (the survival coffee was feeding the insomnia loop), and a hard "brain dump" ritual, before bed I write every worry and the next-day action on paper so my mind stops rehearsing them. I also set a real shutdown time for work, laptop closes at 7pm, notifications off, no exceptions. But the biggest thing was accepting I needed help beyond self-tricks. I saw my GP who took it seriously, and used the free/subsidised support here, the national mindline (1771) and my company EAP if you have one. If it's been months, talk to a professional, this is common and very treatable. You're not weak, you're running on empty.
Anonymous contributor Beginner First-hand experience
If your company has an EAP (employee assistance programme) it usually includes free confidential counselling sessions, most people never use it. I did and it helped me untangle the work anxiety. No shame in it lah, it's literally a benefit you're already paying for.
Uncle Mun Coffeeshop Beginner First-hand experience Run a coffeeshop drink stall, ask me about kopi orders, stall rental and dealing with the town council.
Check if your workload is actually humanly possible or if you've quietly absorbed two people's jobs. Sometimes the fix isn't meditation, it's a hard conversation with your boss about scope. I was gaslighting myself that I just needed to cope better when really the job was broken.
Anonymous contributor Beginner First-hand experience
The racing mind at night nearly broke me. Two things: a 20 min walk after work to physically decompress before going home, and putting the phone charging in the living room, not the bedroom. Doomscrolling in bed was making it a hundred times worse. Small changes but they compounded.
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