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Crippling Anxiety / Employer Manipulating Me

Over the last month my health has deteriorated rapidly. A build up of pressure, workload and working with difficult managers that are manipulative. It’s one of those situations where the more you give the more they take. 4 months ago I resigned from the position and told them it wasn’t working out. They then told me they would take me off my current project in the next 1-2 weeks as they wanted to keep me. This never materialised (I know I am stupid for actually believing them). Now I’m doing the job of at least 2 people, my mental health is completely shot to the point where it will likely take months, if not years to recover. This week I told them I would be resigning and I brought up the health issues. They said they would talk to me about it this week to try and work something out…


Over the last month my health has deteriorated rapidly. A build up of pressure, workload and working with difficult managers that are manipulative. It’s one of those situations where the more you give the more they take.

4 months ago I resigned from the position and told them it wasn’t working out. They then told me they would take me off my current project in the next 1-2 weeks as they wanted to keep me. This never materialised (I know I am stupid for actually believing them). Now I’m doing the job of at least 2 people, my mental health is completely shot to the point where it will likely take months, if not years to recover.

This week I told them I would be resigning and I brought up the health issues. They said they would talk to me about it this week to try and work something out but they never did. I get the impression they’re just stalling for time and if they ignore me for long enough I won’t have a choice but to keep working for longer.

Do I have any other options here than to just wait it out and continue to watch my health deteriorate?

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