Is this for you

You may recognise yourself here

These aren't weaknesses. They are the natural human response to an environment that has stopped seeing you clearly.

i. You dread going to work
Something that used to feel purposeful now feels like walking into a space where you have become invisible.

ii. Your confidence has quietly collapsed
You second-guess decisions you used to make without hesitation. Your own judgement no longer feels reliable.

iii. You cannot switch off
Evenings and weekends are consumed by replaying situations, conversations, what you should have said differently.

iv. Your sleep has broken down
You cannot fall asleep, or you wake at 3am with a churning mind — or you sleep too much and still feel exhausted.

v. You feel invisible and undervalued
Years of contribution seem to count for nothing. That injustice sits heavily and you cannot put it down.

vi. You have lost your sense of who you are
Your identity was so tied to your work and your expertise that being sidelined feels like losing yourself.

vii. Your body is carrying the stress
Tension, headaches, persistent fatigue that does not lift however much you rest. The pressure has become physical.

viii. You have withdrawn from people
It is easier to say nothing than to explain what is happening, so you have become quieter and more isolated.

ix. You oscillate between anger and flatness
Some days the frustration flares. Other days there is only a grey numbness where your drive used to be.

x. You know something has to change
You are not without intelligence or capability. You are simply too close to it, and too depleted, to find the way forward alone.