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left a 60h/week job with violent teens for a 30h/week job.

I worked for 10 years with teens with severe violence problems. I got attacked more times then i can remember. Saved people from suicide. Saved people from assault. Name it and i've probably seen it. My mental health took a huge fall and i was diagnosed with severe generalized anxiety and ptsd. I left that job and i'm now working a 25 to 30 hours a week job where i help a cook in a residence for the elders. It's far from the same pay but i jave a lot more time to myself to take care of my mental health. Dont let a job do what it did to me. It's not worth it. No money in the world is worth your mental health. I still have lot of weird things coming back to me once in a while from my old job and things that i've seen and…


I worked for 10 years with teens with severe violence problems. I got attacked more times then i can remember. Saved people from suicide. Saved people from assault. Name it and i've probably seen it. My mental health took a huge fall and i was diagnosed with severe generalized anxiety and ptsd. I left that job and i'm now working a 25 to 30 hours a week job where i help a cook in a residence for the elders. It's far from the same pay but i jave a lot more time to myself to take care of my mental health.
Dont let a job do what it did to me. It's not worth it. No money in the world is worth your mental health.
I still have lot of weird things coming back to me once in a while from my old job and things that i've seen and done. Those getting away is worth more then the extra money i made on my last job

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