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How do I help my partner with their work anxiety?

Every weekend and most weekdays end with him being terrified about going back to work. He'll spend hours being anxious and doing nothing, and I think it's negatively impacting his mental health. I can't afford to be the sole breadwinner, as no work I qualify would be able to pay the bills, so he has to maintain full time employment, at least for now. He has a standard in-office software engineering job. He's underpaid, even for an entry level position, so I can definitely understand why he doesn't like it, but it hurts so much to see him being eaten alive by anxiety so often. Is there anything I can do to help ease the burden for him, emotionally? What have you guys done to make your shitty jobs tolerable?


Every weekend and most weekdays end with him being terrified about going back to work. He'll spend hours being anxious and doing nothing, and I think it's negatively impacting his mental health. I can't afford to be the sole breadwinner, as no work I qualify would be able to pay the bills, so he has to maintain full time employment, at least for now.

He has a standard in-office software engineering job. He's underpaid, even for an entry level position, so I can definitely understand why he doesn't like it, but it hurts so much to see him being eaten alive by anxiety so often. Is there anything I can do to help ease the burden for him, emotionally? What have you guys done to make your shitty jobs tolerable?

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