I was thinking how my pdoc told me to take time off of work. She even said, "When you see me again in two weeks, I want to hear that you will have it arranged to take some time off." I tend to ignore stuff and just overwork myself until I can't possibly take it anymore, but I have to go with my gut and see what I can arrange. If my pdoc is concerned enough about it, then maybe I need to take action.

I think I'll take 4 mental health days off to get back on track again, although I am a little scared to notify my boss. I'll have to wait maybe two weeks before I can actually take the time off, but I can hang in there until then. I am hoping this will make a difference.

I can't afford to just allow myself to work at the rate I am going, just to burnout. Been there, done that, got paranoid at work and scared everyone at a previous job....I want to erase those memories. I'll do things different this time around.