I’ve been categorized as “high functioning with anxiety” by a few counselors. Even though I feel great anxiety on the daily, I still strive to achieve everything that needs to be done. This has led me to become burnt out. I just feel like I am constantly living off of fumes and not running on a full tank, if you know what I mean.

Lately, my job has been extremely stressful. I manage a department in a nursing home, but I have had 2 employees quit (one on leave) in the last week. One is pregnant and is in too much pain to keep working, the other had an extreme family emergency so I took her off the schedule so she can deal with it. These are definitely both valid reasons, but it has left me feeling like I have to make up for their work. I don’t know how to do it when I’m just running on fumes.

In addition, I constantly feel like I’m going to get fired. I never get any feedback from my boss stating whether I’m doing a good job or not, so I just keep doing the best I can with the limited resources (and staff) that I have. 

I feel like I need to fix this burn out if I’m going to keep going with this job, but I guess I don’t know what to do to help myself.