Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

I've dealt with chronic illnesses for the past 10+ years now. It's such a hard path.

I recently found out after a violent burn-out that a significant cause was chronic stress and its psychosomatic symptoms. It made me have a hard look at the topic, and I'm gradually adjusting to solve the issue.

If I get better, I'm tempted to do as OP and spend more time working on this issue for others. It seems so much more impactful than grinding the tech / startup life.

Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to chat Adrig (my contact is in my profile), wishing you the best of luck.

> I recently found out after a violent burn-out that a significant cause was chronic stress and its psychosomatic symptoms.

Thanks for sharing. I am walking down this path as well. In my experience I can tell I'm deeply out of alignment and it wreaks havoc on the body. My soul says to X but my mind says do Y, it's safer, maintains a stable status quo, income, and relationships, etc., even though it's slowly killing me.

It's definitely a difficult time to deal with these issues, especially when the world appears so unstable. But we eventually have to face the music one way or another. Best of luck!