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The decision to step down from management can feel tormenting. One moment you’re convinced you can’t take another second of pressure; the next, you’re panicking at the thought of losing a steady paycheck. The fear of giving up financial security and the uncertainty of what comes next can leave you stuck in a painful loop of indecision. And it’s rarely as simple as telling your boss you want to return to your previous role. Maybe that position doesn’t exist anymore. Maybe you

Feeling trapped. Imprisoned by the fear of financial insecurity. You don’t want to apply for new jobs; you’re worn out. You can’t even imagine doing the same type of work again. You’re over it. You wish you could go back to the days when you weren’t responsible for other people. The days when your inbox wasn’t full of complaints, when you could actually breathe. What you wouldn’t give for a job that simply paid your bills, didn’t put enormous pressure on you, and let you feel

Being a manager often means you’re never really off . You can’t fully rest. You find yourself checking emails on a Saturday, feeling the tension of possibly seeing a problem. You’re always half-waiting for a call that alerts you to an issue and when that call comes, you’re instantly exhausted. It can feel dangerous to let things go. Most of the time, there was nothing catastrophic in my inbox, just basic stuff. Yet as I scrolled through, I felt that familiar nervousness in my

What was I supposed to do as a struggling, introverted manager? Companies preach “mental health awareness” and “psychological safety,” but try telling HR that your job is making you physically sick and see how that goes. “Hey, I’ve been doing some soul-searching and research on why I might not be happy in my role, and I realized I’m probably a highly sensitive person. I don’t know if you know what that term means, but basically this role is triggering daily anxiety and burnou