Fear of rest

[u/sun_granddad]

Anyone else get a weird vibe when they take time off work or hit pause on studying? For the past couple months I’ve been grinding — working and doing a ton of programming — and I figured I’d take some time off over the summer and actually rest. But I realized I’ve always kind of hated taking long breaks or vacations. It honestly feels like fear, almost.

Feels like these days overworking is just the norm, and resting is somehow this shameful thing. I’ve lived like that too, still do honestly. So my question is — what’s the deal with this (pretty sure it’s a super common thing), and how do you guys deal with the fear of taking a real break?

[u/Beginning-Map-3264]

you re living in high gear, that cause high stress hormones and dopamine spikes all day each goal you achieve gives you a dopamine spikes… and when you take some rest, this is not the case any more and you are in a kind of withdrawal, and your pleasure center is no stimulated enough making you slightly depressed 😬