Burned Out: COVID-19 Has Made Me Hate My Dream Job

Andrea Duran
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6 min readSep 28, 2022

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Having a nervous breakdown and burnout as a mental health counselor is never an option. Job burnout has caused stress rashes, headaches, and my own dire need for counseling services.

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Once upon a time, I was one of the most compassionate, optimistic mental health counselors who believed determination, healing, and positive self-thinking could solve anything in life.

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Andrea Duran
ILLUMINATION

Writer | Self-Development | Mental Health | Addiction | Fiction | B.A. Eng/Pysch | Addiction Counselor | Certified Hot Mess | https://linktr.ee/dreabookjunkie