How to stop letting accounting stress ruin my life?

“Man has shaved off 5 years of his life achieving that”source ↗

“Every hair follicle”source ↗

“Had an interview for a public accounting internship today and I think it confirmed public just isn't for me lol.”source ↗

“The whole place just felt off to me too. Interviewer had zero sense of humor, everyone seemed super serious, and I just couldn't see myself fitting in there.”source ↗

“Essentially it has taken up all her time and energy and she comes home more and more stressed everyday.”source ↗

“the job is draining my wife's soul and turning her into someone she isn't.”source ↗

“Just a reminder to everyone. Stop caring, the client dropped it off late anyways.”source ↗

“Have some lunch beers and take a half day. Delete outlook and teams from your phone.”source ↗

“The more I realize how meaningless audit is, the less of a shit I give.”source ↗

“It’s funny but accounting brings me so much stress and anxiety that I don’t know how anyone would get something like this tattooed on them. It’s a source of income, not my identity.”source ↗

“I want to be angry but looking at John is like looking in a mirror.”source ↗

“7 years after graduating, I'm on my 6th job.”source ↗

“I'm sick from sheer stress. I never took breaks between gigs. My last vacation was 2016.”source ↗

“I also developed a RMI strain on my hand. I can't even JOURNAL right now 🥴”source ↗

“I hope youre serious because I'm 33 and about 40% grey now!”source ↗

“I just feel like I hit a wall and like a pretty big one.”source ↗

“I sleep less than 5 hours a night, I usually only eat one meal a day, and I don't take more than like 300 steps a day.”source ↗

“On top of all of that I feel like I'm self isolating and it's gotten to the point where people are calling to check in on me and I don't message or call them back because it feels like a hassle.”source ↗

“I’m just a mere data point, but I was able to get off my anti-anxiety medication when I left public if that tells you anything”source ↗

“I’m exhausted at this point. The anxiety is consuming me slowly and I just want it all over with. My goal is to get out there and give it my best that’s all”source ↗

“Working conditions for workers have been declining for like half a century, I don't see how that will improve and I'm sure as hell not betting against that trend”source ↗

“Worried I won’t get depth when i write it, still got a lot of rc, even an NC on the most recent case feeevack, hope I can get this”source ↗

“i feel like im more exhausted from being stressed than the actual studying part. the uncertainty of what will be on the exam is what’s driving me insane tbh.”source ↗

“Is anyone else freaking out about the CFE?”source ↗

“I can’t seem to calm my nerves and I am very scared about level 2 depth”source ↗

“I suffer from really bad anxiety. I overthink everything. I heard that public accounting really screws with your mental health which if why I’m concerned.”source ↗

“not feeling ready at all. i don’t know if i should defer it at this point.”source ↗

“Very SCARED!”source ↗

“Day 2 really worries me on getting depth”source ↗

“I’ve been in public for 3 years. In both Audit and Consulting. And somehow, i’m not able to break into industry”source ↗

“in the same boat...”source ↗

“I’ve been freaking out all week”source ↗

“I'm graduating this semester, and trying to find something that checks any of my boxes is damn right miserable right now, so I can't entirely blame them”source ↗

“one of my ex colleagues was one of the best in my cohort but had to quit a year in because they didn’t know how to say no and was way too anxious about what mgrs would say if they logged off.”source ↗

“I am experiencing something very similar. Work in public accounting is hard. People aren’t usually kind and it is very stressful.”source ↗

“Public does open doors, but long term the money is not worth watching your kids grow up through an office window”source ↗

“I hate my job. I’m an HR Generalist and I hate it. No amount of money is worth being severely stressed out every single fucking day.”source ↗

“The only day I’m able to enjoy is Saturdays as Sundays bring so much anxiety for the week to come I can’t enjoy anything else.”source ↗

“I cry at least once a week.”source ↗

“I’m severely depressed due to this job. Burnt out is beyond an understatement, there’s not a word created yet to describe the despair I feel Sunday-Friday.”source ↗

“I made a payroll mistake and I have major anxiety over it.”source ↗

“I’m sick to my stomach. I beat myself up very hard when I make mistakes and dwell on them for a long time.”source ↗

“I’m really nervous to talk to my boss.”source ↗

“I feel like my work is under a microscope that not many others' at my org is in the same way. One mistake could end up costing thousands of dollars (e.g. in arbitration).”source ↗

“I am terrified with every small mistake that I am going to lose my job.”source ↗

“How do you deal with the stress and anxiety if / when you make a mistake?”source ↗

“Literally me rn except I’m in government. I’m too burnt out for life atp.”source ↗

“NO - the issues are companies that abuse the project manager role and add the role of product owner, Scrum Master, Projectmanager and IT-Expert all together. All of the sudden you are not managing 1 or 2 projects, no you are managing 5 projects, 3 initiatiaves, 6 stupid BAU problems, complaints from Cyber (WTF do i know about header configurations?), 5 reports and 2 audit findings, while fighting legal, data protection, bureaucracy and management.”source ↗

“Sometimes it feels like im firefighter, fighting a forest fire with my littel bucket of water and the moment i put 2 flames out, 8 new ones show up. Right now i just want to let everything burn”source ↗

“no one really talks about how exhausting this job gets until you’re living it.”source ↗

“I had 18 active projects (yes, proper projects) of various sizes, complexity and costs and I would spend my whole day running from meeting to meeting and I would literally start my project administration work typically at 5:00-5:30 pm and I was usually working a 12-15 hour day.”source ↗

“I watch the daily struggles of our PM and the guy is fucking drowning all the time, he’s just expected to handle everything, everyone dumps on him, he gets blamed for everything, expected to read minds and be everywhere all at once.”source ↗

“I honestly could have written this myself. Today I logged off early and said f#$k it. There is no more faith that my organization will provide tools or guidance for my position.”source ↗

“i have always known that being a PM is usually about having all the accountability with almost no authority. But these last 6 months have been hell.”source ↗

“Suffered burnout at the end of 2023. Won an award that year. The thought of going back makes my stomach tight. The body doesn’t lie.”source ↗

“currently losing my mind over a major project that has poorly defined scope, extremely unrealistic expectations, and is nearing impossible to plan/execute”source ↗

“I feel this. I took a PM role 10 months ago and I absolutely hate it. Work life balance has gone out the window (something I need to change) and I hate the thought of going to work every day.”source ↗

“Bruh I feel you. I’m feeling so burnt out after this week. Like I just don’t want to do this shit any more.”source ↗

“30 concurrent projects, how can I get anything done.”source ↗

“As a first year teacher I am floundering pretty badly. I have nonexistent classroom management, I am definitely confusing my students a little, and I basically have had no plan this whole time.”source ↗

“The stress has been eating me alive for the past month with me vomiting multiple times a week in the morning before work and dissociating after work.”source ↗

“Is there anything worse that being told that it's fine for your job to be tough because "YOU BECAME A TEACHER SO YOU ASKED FOR THIS!!!!"?”source ↗

“Going "you asked for it" in response to someone being stressed in a low paying job is the single worst thing I hear from everyone.”source ↗

“Fellow teachers, admin, instructional coaches, it boils down to "You deserve to suffer because you chose to teach."”source ↗

“genuinely I do feel like I’m trying to triage constantly.”source ↗

“But that it does feel like you’re constantly pummeled with tasks and demanding admin and never get to go to the bathroom lol”source ↗

“this job is giving me anxiety and it’s becoming physical.”source ↗

“this has been the longest month of my life 😭”source ↗

“never in my years of teaching, I have never seen the amount of burnout/trauma/meltdowns I've seen from other teachers.”source ↗

“we're expected to care for everyone's else's feelings, but we never have time to work on our own feelings.”source ↗

“For me it’s not just an emotional reaction, it’s a bodily reaction. Like when you have a near car crash and your whole body is elevated and on edge, can’t think about much else.”source ↗

“It’s like this from the start until the end of the day.”source ↗

“I am in the nyc public school system and I am just so overwhelmed. I am a first year teacher I cry every day and wake up feeling like a million pins are stabbing me and im like burning hot my body is in full panic mode.”source ↗

“Every time I try to relax or not think about work I feel insanely guilty because there is always more to do.”source ↗

“I just threw up. I am so mad. My school literally has curriculum and everything I just haves so much fucking grading to do.”source ↗

“I'm getting my first eval next week and I just can't shake the feeling of dread that I'm doing something wrong.”source ↗

“Not even to October and I've had to assist four suicidal students, report a potential school shooter or whatever the fuck their intentions might be, Admin totally gave up and side with the parents fully, six digits worth of property damage already, a dozen or so fights or students getting jumped, aaaand gotta love getting the whole "MY BABY IS AN ANGEL DONT YOU DARE TREAT THEM LIKE SHIT YOU GARBAGE TEACHER!" email on a weekend....”source ↗

“this is my first year teaching. God bless lmao”source ↗

“Teachers often warn their own children away from the profession because they know what their children would be facing.”source ↗

“New high school teacher, can't sleep from anxiety”source ↗

“Now, this year, I am scared to death that anything I do will give students the okay to run amok and make my job hell.”source ↗

“Either way, I plan and plan my classes until midnight and then don't fall asleep until maybe 3 AM.”source ↗

“teaching is starting to affect my relationship with my partner”source ↗

“i am exhausted, drained, crying nearly every single day (it has lessened over the past week), experiencing high levels of anxiety, barely eating, and so on.”source ↗

“my partner has been such an amazing support system during this transition in my life, but i am beginning to recognize that our relationship dynamic is shifting a bit due to him having to be a constant support system.”source ↗

“Any other teachers insanely fatigued? I feel like I can’t get enough sleep. I nap daily and sleep 8 hours a night, but by Friday I still crash early and sleep most of the day Saturday.”source ↗

“I'm a little anxious, because I'm modifying them a little, adding to them, putting in some of my own physical papers and work for them to do, but I don't have premade powerpoints or the like because Amplify has all the stuff they want me to use.”source ↗

“I don't want to overwork myself and burn out (burn out more, the 12 hours, six days a week work I've been doing for 5 years before becoming a teacher are still heavy on me now), but I also don't want admin or others to think I'm shirking and not trying.”source ↗

“I literally have the whole year laid out for me, but that's making me more anxious, somehow?”source ↗

“since I’ve started teaching, I’ve been what feels like overly anxious (after school, before school, during the weekends but luckily not during school hours).”source ↗

“I’ve tried engaging in some hobbies and it works for a while but then I start to think about school stuff and I just get stressed again.”source ↗

“Everytime I think about how chaotic and emotionally draining my job is, I think about what it must be like to work in an ER and stop feeling bad for myself, lol.”source ↗

“my stomach is in shambles every morning before work and my appetite is non existent.”source ↗

“I didn't expect coming back to district work to take this big a toll on my mental health.”source ↗

“Am I just going through it now, or is this a real thing?”source ↗

“I was an admin for a decade before my break... yes, I know I need to get to therapy but damn I was unprepared.”source ↗

“I'll make it through this year if it kills me”source ↗

“I had a panic attack at work and had to go home yesterday. I have slept most of the day today. When I am awake I am tearful, overstimulated, and panicky.”source ↗

“I am missing out on things with my kids which causes me to just feel more guilty and self loathing. I can hardly be around my own boys right now because I can't take the noise and motion.”source ↗

“The chaos resonates, but also the bullshit tasks like having to write notes off the clock, having people think they know how to do your job better than you, and the despair of feeling like you’re never doing enough.”source ↗

“I think pivoting might be necessary because I come home so overstimulated and decision-fatigued, some days I feel like my family is just second shift.”source ↗

“35 kids and 17 IEPs in a kindergarten classroom with kids who have the attention spans of a donut is really taxing me.”source ↗

“ended up having a mental breakdown from working nonstop.”source ↗

“I still have a sick feeling in my stomach constantly outside of work that I’ll “get in trouble” for not following an IEP, or get an upset email from a parent.”source ↗

“I’ve started anxiety medication but I am just struggling with not taking things personally, and thoughts of consequences and lawsuits are constantly in the back of my head.”source ↗

“My health has taken a nosedive since I started as a teacher. To the point where I’m not sure if this job is worth it.”source ↗

“Since starting I have been diagnosed with GERD and EoE. I’m not sleeping well, I feel like shit basically all the time.”source ↗

“I can’t quit yet. I depend on this job to pay my bills. So I am looking for advice for how to deal with health breakdown caused by stress.”source ↗

“the emotional labor part never stops, even when the actual teaching does. some of my coworkers leave campus looking like they just got back from war”source ↗

“I’m sick of having no energy to the point of looking for a new career after 15 years teaching.”source ↗

“Yeah, I'm super lucky I have the support I do, I'm just having the anxiety attacks and panic.”source ↗

“My anxiety was causing that and it’s why I quit.”source ↗

“Anxiety filled days/nights, dread of coming to work.”source ↗

“Health issues that started last year. High anxiety and heart palpitation's started out of the blue.”source ↗

“Same thing as last time but this time with physical muscle tension causing tight chest, sore back muscles, labored breathing, etc.”source ↗

“I IATE THIS!!!I can't keep doing this but I feel stuck and helpless.”source ↗

“I started feeling really weird one day and talking gibberish during a lecture. I blacked out in my classroom.”source ↗

“Hi, this happened to me. I quit teaching and I’m much healthier now.”source ↗

“I’m in year five and I cannot handle being in our classroom with all the specials needs inclusion kids going off”source ↗

“I had to do that one year because the district I had switched to was completely destroying my mental health, to the point that I was crying everyday and I would wake up filled with dread.”source ↗

“I cannot afford to do that. I also do not want to. I like the kids and my team. I don’t want to jump ship. I just want to be able to function and not fall apart”source ↗

“Also the dead-eyed stare sometimes as you go from one thing to the next while you compartmentalize in preparation”source ↗

“I was at a conference last week in a breakout session about HR issues and the discussion turned to burnout.”source ↗

“During the discussion I opined that the thing that is withering is that it never ends.”source ↗

“I could build 10,000 homes and there's still be the unhoused.”source ↗

“I could launch 10 more social enterprises and there's still be lines of unemployed and destitute.”source ↗

“And payroll is there every two weeks staring you in the face and then it's the budget and then and then and then.... and near the end of my little soliloquy I had to abruptly stop because I realized I was about to break down and cry in this room full of strangers lol.”source ↗

“Yeah, I know I'm pretty toasty right now but I'm assuming someone out there has a story of where it finally got better.”source ↗

“I feel you completely, OP. I wish I could say it gets better, but often times, I think I’m Sisyphus carrying this rock that I didn’t even ask for in the first place, lol.”source ↗

“I burnt out on nonprofit fundraising work after I was laid off due to federal funding cuts.”source ↗

“The pressure during COVID was intense, and I wasn’t up for round 2.”source ↗

“I get so frustrated that miserliness and capitalism hold us back from making the world a better place.”source ↗

“Exhausted. Completely exhausted.”source ↗

“That's where I'm at mentally just want to know if anyone else has done the same?”source ↗

“Making 6 figures, hybrid but the mental toll and expectations were destroying me. Wasn’t worth it.”source ↗

“Make over six figures but miserable and can’t even enjoy a day off anymore.”source ↗

“I no longer have any personal time, can’t sleep due to the stress of juggling 3 people’s workloads. I tried to take a week vacation but it was filled with emergency calls and two weeks of cleaning up others messes directly after.”source ↗

“I’m the most requested tech for any projects but also can barely make it day to day.”source ↗

“I'm barreling towards burnout and have openly expressed it to my manager, fairly certain it went on def ears as the work load is to great. Not sure what I'm going to do, but a job I still love may make me quit.”source ↗

“I bitch and moan constantly: 1) I am way past the point of burn out and am sick of cleaning up after others. 2) I am complaining because we can be better.”source ↗

“I was one of those techs. I was fixing other people's fuckups. I was reporting the fuckups to my manager. Nothing happened. I wasn't getting praised for it. I wasn't getting raises. So I applied elsewhere and dropped a bomb on them that I was leaving for a $30k raise”source ↗

“I loved my job at the big MSP, however, after I realized there was no end to the madness, I found myself burnt out. The leadership just kept adding work and no solid resources. I ended up leaving out of frustration of the lack of leadership”source ↗

“My main concern is that this job is slowly making me sick. I have started to have really concerning mental health symptoms, specifically severe anxiety, due to this job. I've also had some really dark thoughts which has scared me a lot.”source ↗

“I'm trying my best to find another role, but the market is really competitive right now where I live (Sweden).”source ↗

“Been there very recently. The very difficult tech job market makes this even more stressful now.”source ↗

“Things have changed so much that even getting through a single day feels like a struggle now. The targets we’re asked to meet feel impossible, and with little support or guidance from management, the pressure has just become too much. It feels like I’m dragging myself to work every day, and my mental state has gone far beyond burnout at this point.”source ↗

“I recently quit as well without anything lined up for many of the same reasons but on the sales side.”source ↗

“I just resigned for all related Salesforce ecosytem (support, functional admin, QA) last June and have no work as of today.”source ↗

“It’s been 5 months since I started my business, and the growth so far has been: [...] for some reason I’m always stressed and have this weird feeling that I’m going to lose everything.”source ↗

“Whenever things get slow for a few days, I start thinking about getting a job again.”source ↗

“My mind is constantly playing with me, making myself work countless hours per day, as I just know I may not get this opportunity again, and as a result of not resting, everything I do is just a big mess.”source ↗

“What I can’t stop is that it will constantly be in my head that I’m being left behind.”source ↗

“How do other business owners cope with the risk that your business may not make profit or could end any day?”source ↗

“25 years late and I’m going broke in my head every morning when I wake up. When in reality we are flush with cash, zero debt, and enough in the pipeline to get us through 2027 if we don’t sell another project.”source ↗

“My panic attacks peaked when I answered every Slack pings at 2 AM.”source ↗

“Been there with the 3am panic spirals wondering wtf I'm doing with my life”source ↗

“sometimes I feel like they are trying to make the environment uncomfortable enough for people to leave on their own as it's cheaper than firing them.”source ↗

“I've been grinding toward a promotion at my job for the past year.”source ↗

“I've never cried at work so much - out of stress and just exhaustion.”source ↗

“I didn't even really get denied a promotion, I denied even getting a shot at a promotion.”source ↗

“I deeply, deeply regret pouring so much of myself into my job at a time when I could have been focused on planning my wedding”source ↗

“When bedtime approaches, as many of you know, our brain start cycling all of the things that are still unsolved and all of the problems/stressors of the day/lives. She starts thinking of the next day and already knows that she will be an anxious waking up.”source ↗