[tayo42]

3 to 6 months is interesting, it almost exactly lines up with my experience of leaving work for a bit. at around three months, i mostly stopped feeling like shit and angry about some of the things that happened. i felt like i was a baseline. at around 6 months i started to feel actually good.

also at 6 months im trying to get back to work and the interview process and job market sucks so im feeling miserable again haha

[leetrout]

I just finished 4 weeks back at work after 6 months off. Same timeline as you- took 3 months to just let go.

Interviewing sucks.

My email is in my profile if you want to chat. Good luck with the return to work.

[tayo42]

Thanks hope those 4 weeks werent to bad for you. The freedom of unemployment is amazing

[kirso]

Same here, I fell into depression after burning out in my job and it took me exactly somewhere in between 3-6 months to get out.

There was no specific point when I felt like: Ok, I am out of this mode, but the transition was visible.

Don't wish this feeling on anyone - its a terrible terrible place to be.

[arthurcolle]

If you ever wanna chat I'm in the same boat. Just keep your head above water and try to think positively. Playing with ChatGPT and the dirty cheap OpenAI APIs has helped me a lot =)

[ChildOfChaos]

Curious, as in it's something you just found interesting or as in it's something you use to talk through your issues with?

[arthurcolle]

Oh, I just meant, I'm also looking for jobs, the market sucks, interviews go fine and then I hear nothing back. I'm just doing my own thing and I empathize is all I meant!

Oh and in terms of ChatGPT, I just meant it's something fun that I use for other interesting projects due to how flexible the composability is (LangChain, etc)... not so much directly as a therapist-bot if that's what you were asking.

[tayo42]

Thanks! the freedom of unemployment is still nice to have