So I work in mental health, and experienced some really bad burn out, and compassion fatigue last week. So bad I was contemplating suicide, and had to be admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital for a few weeks.
While I was there almost all of the staff members I spoke with suggested quitting if it was getting too much for me to handle. I've been thinking about quitting for a while now, and this was a breaking point for me.
The problem is, is that I feel like I can't quit. I convinced my boyfriend to start working there, even though he wasn't really interested, so that we could both recieve a large referral bonus. The bonus is prorated, and paid out over the next 3 months.
My boyfriend doesn't want me to quit. He wants me to see if I can find something else in the company that might be easier for me. He says it's not because of the bonus, but a few months ago he was encouraging me to quit, so I don't know what else it could be.