I m worried about my health
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| Fri, 04-13-2007 - 3:20pm |
Since we broke-up 2 weeks ago, I havent had more than 4 hours of sleep per night.(even with sleeping pills on a daily basis)
I lost my appetite and in the process lost 6 pounds and look like a ghost now. I have a stress reaction where I cant breath if I m stressed. I have it all the time now.
My problem is not him leaving because I was not happy with him... but I have made my professional plans around him in my life. meaning we were planning to travel abroad together for work now I dont want to travel on my own as I m tired of starting from scratch everytime, I have no job prospects in my city. I dont want to go to school again and spend my savings on another degree that will not be appreciated anyway...
I am not working currently (just a contract here and there) money is not a problem for the time being as I have decent savings but I need to find a solution to my empty days and sleepless nights. I keep making decisions reagarding work then backing off the next day and I made plans to take 3 certification exams so far and half way through the preparation and after I bought books I changed my mind and started other plans... I know I m lost but I dont know how to get out of this. My problem is work-related but somehow it all got triggered by this break-up...
Does anyone have any advice? would career counseling help? where can I get it?
I m 32 and have a masters degree in mgmt

I went through the loss of appetite also. I had never had that happen before with a guy until this one. I didn't eat for about 3 weeks and also lost a lot of weight. Eventually I did get my appetite back.
I also wasn't sleeping, was crying all of the time and was slacking off with school. I was really worried about myself until I snapped out of it.
I started hanging out with my friends and just did anything that I felt like doing.
It is hard at first but it does get better it just takes time even though you don't believe it now.
I am working on my master's degree so I understand what it takes to get an advanced degree.
If you think career counseling would help then go for it!
If you don't start feeling like eating etc then maybe you should seek out general counseling. I did it and it helped.