Dear James:

You wrote that your job is “soul-crushingly banal” and makes you miserable. You are not (or feel that you are not) qualified for a better job. The only two activities that don’t bore you cause you massive amounts of anxiety to the point that you avoid them. When you make tiny mistakes, you get extremely discouraged and you break things. You feel very tired all the time, that something in you has been depleted. You are asking for help.

Can you share more, so that I understand your situation better: approximately how old you are, how long have you been doing this job, what is the job about, what are those two activities, what kinds of tiny mistakes are you referring to; do you live alone, and how are your relationships with family, others?

anita