sounds like you've got a good plan. keep talking to her, that will be the best thing for you and for your marriage.mupepe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:39 pm Thanks everyone. I do work in the oil and gas industry. I like my work, I like the people I work with and my company treats me well for the most part. But ever since the downturn I guess they realized they can survive with less of a workforce. I’m also currently in school for a mechanical engineering degree. I’m in my early 30’s so I know I still have time to switch gears.
My wife recently finished school while I supported us both and she has said I also have that opportunity now. That fear of change is huge. I mostly want to talk to someone about this, even if it’s a psychologist or therapist or something. I was worried they’d want to medicate me and I’d lose my CHL. That is not something I want to do at all. I take my right to carry very seriously. I would prefer to do it without drugs. Exercise has been my outlet for years but it doesn’t seem to do the trick anymore and as I mentioned previously several of my other outlets are no longer feasible.
I watch plenty of folks at work take pill after pill and I really don’t want that to be me so I appreciate all your advice and I am taking it to heart. I’m going to do what I can to alleviate these feelings others ways. I had a long talk with my wife about it today and opened up about how bad it’s been for me recently and that felt very good. I admitted some irrational fears I have and how they drive me insane inside. It feels like being able to tell her is a good start for now.
Thanks again for all the advice.
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- Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:43 pm
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- Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:33 pm
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when you reach the point of having nightmares about work, you have a problem with work. Trust those of us who are older, we've been there, done that. Start laying the groundwork for changing jobs. Networking will help. You need a new job. You're doing yourself, your wife, your family no good working at a job that is making you so sick that you need to get on meds to keep working at. As a wife I can tell you that she would rather have you healthy and work at a job that is less stressful and have you earning less than you keep working in your current job and make yourself sick.mupepe wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:52 pm Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. I’ve been struggling for years to deal with this through different remedies. Changing jobs is not an option because frankly I have a very well paying office job with no degree that I had to work years to get. Leaving would mean starting over again and destroying the standard of living we have worked for. I used to cope through various activities like exercise and hobbies, but outside of exercise I have no time for the hobbies lately. I have nightmares about work at this point. I like the people, I like what I would do and I know I can handle it if I have the proper outlet.