MainerMikeBrown
Confident
Mental illness is a terrible illness for anyone to have.
However, lots of people overcome it with the help of mental health workers and mental health professionals.
That's a big reason why many individuals decide to enter the mental health field. They choose to make a living by helping those with serious mental health issues, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.
Lots of mental health workers/professionals work in the mental health field for decades. Then others work in the mental health field for a much shorter time than that.
Either way, if you've worked in the mental health field, whether it be for a long time or not such a long time, and you've decided you would like to leave the field and do something else for a living or retire, don't feel guilty about it.
Just because you have had enough of being a mental health provider doesn't mean you should feel bad about leaving the field, especially if you've worked in the mental health field for a great deal of time. Their's nothing wrong with leaving the field if that's what you want to do. It doesn't make you a bad person or anything like that. All that it means is that you'd like to explore new options for yourself.
And I think it's great that you helped people with mental health issues while you worked in the mental health field.
However, lots of people overcome it with the help of mental health workers and mental health professionals.
That's a big reason why many individuals decide to enter the mental health field. They choose to make a living by helping those with serious mental health issues, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.
Lots of mental health workers/professionals work in the mental health field for decades. Then others work in the mental health field for a much shorter time than that.
Either way, if you've worked in the mental health field, whether it be for a long time or not such a long time, and you've decided you would like to leave the field and do something else for a living or retire, don't feel guilty about it.
Just because you have had enough of being a mental health provider doesn't mean you should feel bad about leaving the field, especially if you've worked in the mental health field for a great deal of time. Their's nothing wrong with leaving the field if that's what you want to do. It doesn't make you a bad person or anything like that. All that it means is that you'd like to explore new options for yourself.
And I think it's great that you helped people with mental health issues while you worked in the mental health field.