A doctor (speaker) describes severe burnout while working in Australia that forced them to return home and take roughly five to six months off to recuperate. They recount losing confidence and social connections, feeling mistakenly like an introvert, and eventually rebuilding social skills and self-esteem after someone hired them at a cafe called Coffee Card.
And then, after being incredibly burnt out in Australia, I had to come home because I couldn't work anymore, and I had to take, like, a big chunk of time off. So I took, like, five, six months off work to try and recuperate in and feel better in myself. And I'd lost all my confidence. You know, I'd gone from a really extroverted, excitable person to really quiet. And I convinced myself I was actually an introvert. And I lost a lot of friends, and it was a really difficult time. And so I kept thinking, like, what can I go back to? Or what can I do where I'll feel comfortable, where I can rebuild my social skills and I can make myself feel better about myself again? Eventually, someone took a chance on me, and now I work in a cafe called Coffee Card.
