I've been at my current company for 16 months and was only promoted to a managerial position 2 months ago. I've been stressed out of my mind for the past 10 months. Living with anxiety so bad it's making me throw up almost every morning to relieve the tension. I only took the promotion as I was effectively already doing the job due to low resource and thinking “fuck it” as the promotion was almost a 10k rise in pay.
It's got to a point now where I want to put my wellbeing first. Life is too short. I have a decent amount in savings so can last a while looking for a new job or potentially going freelance. The idea of working for myself has always appealed to me. However I have this awful dread about handing in my notice. I fear they will be really angry, disappointed and think I'm being selfish as I will be dropping a shit load of work on them. FYI the last person in my position left due to stress too. I guess the aim of this post is for morale support?!?