u/beautifullifede

I’m in Germany and after 10 successful years here, I speak the language so fluently that people think I’m from here. In the last 3-4 years I’ve consistently been burning out after 2 years into a job. I get bored, I feel that the work isn’t stimulating enough and I feel it’s not meaningful.

Now I fall sick and get a pre-cancerous condition and I become obsessed with healthcare. I want to work as a surgical tech or anaesthesia tech and I can learn this fully funded without going into debt.

The place I work at is closing down anyway so I’m on the market and I passed some interviews with flying colors and I have the final round. They are ready to pay six figures. But somehow my mind is fighting me to not go to a field in which I became so sick.

What would you do? Is healthcare as bad as they show it to be with burnout, toxic colleagues etc? My family ain’t supportive of this decision. But I get so excited thinking about anatomy, medication and feel that this field will not be taken over by AI..

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Classic situation. Worked for 15 years in current field, over did it burned out, had all my reproductive organs removed at 33 and struggling to get back in physical shape.
Currently in senior management. Absolutely despise it. Nothing excites me. Have been laying off and restructuring since the Ukraine war (I’m in Europe).
Currently working on my health and getting that in order. It’s my biggest project and guess what, doesn’t care about deadlines or gannt charts. It’s taking a while but it’s given me time to reflect.

I always wanted to work either with machines or within healthcare, especially surgery. Germany has an Ausbildung system and although I won’t earn much, I won’t be in debt. It would involve 3 years study and work and will get a stipend. I even shadowed and spent a day in a hospital.

Somehow though, I’m struggling to make the jump. First of all it’s not just any pivot, it’s a completely different area. I’ll also need to cut corners and take a huge hit financially. That is also playing its part.. but I feel so driven to just give it a chance and see. I got in to the current career as it was the easiest to work in an office and get paid..
Can anyone who made a huge change share their experience? Any advice is welcome!

PS: I’ve also been doing the inner/mental health work with both individual and group therapy. I know I had some issues with boundary setting and getting worried about small stuff but it’s way better now.

Classic situation. Worked for 15 years in current field, over did it burned out, had all my reproductive organs removed at 33 and struggling to get back in physical shape.
Currently in senior management. Absolutely despise it. Nothing excites me. Have been laying off and restructuring since the Ukraine war (I’m in Europe).
Currently working on my health and getting that in order. It’s my biggest project and guess what, doesn’t care about deadlines or gannt charts. It’s taking a while but it’s given me time to reflect.

I always wanted to work either with machines or within healthcare, especially surgery. Germany has an Ausbildung system and although I won’t earn much, I won’t be in debt. It would involve 3 years study and work and will get a stipend. I even shadowed and spent a day in a hospital.

Somehow though, I’m struggling to make the jump. First of all it’s not just any pivot, it’s a completely different area. I’ll also need to cut corners and take a huge hit financially. That is also playing its part.. but I feel so driven to just give it a chance and see. I got in to the current career as it was the easiest to work in an office and get paid..
Can anyone who made a huge change share their experience? Any advice is welcome!

PS: I’ve also been doing the inner/mental health work with both individual and group therapy. I know I had some issues with boundary setting and getting worried about small stuff but it’s way better now..