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Never felt like this before

Hi everyone, I need some check-in with the dilemma I'm currently facing. I was working in cybersecurity (technical role) throughout my life (13 years of experience). Recently (9 months ago), I moved into a new role and a new division which was around Sales/Solutions Engineering (not technical at all) at a product based company that was my dream organisation for quite a while. However, the last few months, I'm very overwhelmed with the amount of work here at this organisation which sometimes ends in me working 12 hours a day. Lately I've been dealing with anxiety and sadness that sometimes I cry on my breaks. This is something I have never faced in my life. I don't know if the overwhelming work that's burning me out to have these emotions or is it something else ? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions. And if any of you…


Hi everyone, I need some check-in with the dilemma I'm currently facing.

I was working in cybersecurity (technical role) throughout my life (13 years of experience). Recently (9 months ago), I moved into a new role and a new division which was around Sales/Solutions Engineering (not technical at all) at a product based company that was my dream organisation for quite a while.

However, the last few months, I'm very overwhelmed with the amount of work here at this organisation which sometimes ends in me working 12 hours a day. Lately I've been dealing with anxiety and sadness that sometimes I cry on my breaks. This is something I have never faced in my life.

I don't know if the overwhelming work that's burning me out to have these emotions or is it something else ?

I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions. And if any of you have faced the same thing, what did you do then to make your situation better ?

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