Does the fatigue and stress make you second guess everything?

Been in the business for 3 years now and I love the job. So this is no scream for a way out.

It seems that the fatigue and stress is making me second guess everything, whether it is career moves, family, girlfriend. It just makes me this pathetic version of myself. During the week I am experiencing this scattering uncertainty while in the weekend I feel like I'm on top of the world. 

I have been in therapy for this self doubt and solved a lot of it but it seems to keep coming back.

Anyone else experiencing this? 

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I used to be extremely confident in everything I did - I wouldn’t second guess myself ever. Now when I go out it takes me 1/2 an hour or more to decide where to eat, and an additional 15+ minutes to decide what to eat after I’ve selected a restaurant. It used to take me 5-10 minutes combined for both choices because I always knew exactly what I wanted all the time. 

I’ve literally spent 10+ minutes trying to decide what toothpaste/deodorant brand to use and an hour or more deciding what show to watch on Netflix. Stress has really gotten to me during Covid/online school/networking/online internships and everything. This obviously doesn’t even include decisions that really mean something - those take me forever (career/school/general life decisions can take me multiple days now, used to take me an hour max). I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be working full time right now. 

 

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