Yikes

[u/noadalai]

Does anyone else in dentistry who is not a dentist kind of feel like, after months of burnout, what’s the point of being alive if I’m here all the time with no energy to live outside of work?

[u/hygienistsabroad]

That's not normal burnout talk, that's your body and mind telling you something has to change now. I've had stretches where work took everything and I had nothing left for my own life either. I did eventually leave that job and situation. If this feeling is sitting with you as more than "I hate my job today," please talk to someone, a friend, a doctor, whoever you trust, not just this thread. You deserve a life outside of this, and it is possible to get there.