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Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

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330 points glasscannon | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Adrig ◴[04 Jul 25 14:34 UTC] No.44464925[source]▶
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.

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1. accrual ◴[04 Jul 25 15:19 UTC] No.44465302[source]▶
> 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.

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2. Adrig ◴[04 Jul 25 16:27 UTC] No.44465857[source]▶
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!