Anyone have any patience they can spare?

[bktheirregular]

I somehow inherited the title of Office Tech Maven, and am being asked for help with e-mailing things through a mail system I know nothing about.

In trying to decipher, and being asked for answers I don't have, and stumbling through to find answers of some sort ... I'm starting to find myself stammering like my father does when he's totally losing his cool, and getting what feels like a tension headache right at the corners of my eyebrows.

And no, it's not the caffeine, I don't think. I got a twenty-ounce bottle of Coke and I haven't even cracked it open yet.

I haven't been working in months. Why the frell am I burning out like this?

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[lizbetann]

I haven't been working in months. Why the frell am I burning out like this?

Because you haven't been working in months. It is always MUCH harder to get back into it.

*sympathy* ---stress relief--- ^^^imaginary ejection seat to dispose of whoever is annoying you at the moment^^^

[diannelamerc.livejournal.com]

Very true. I've also found that if you were stressed/burned out at the end of the last job, some part of your brain will respond to a new one with "ohmigodmorestressAAACK!!!!" -- regardless of how laid back it is.

Your endocrine system can have job-related PTSD, with accompanying flashbacks. Usually it will abate with time. *hugs*