Scott – My advice: leave. I’ve been in the same position as you before, considering whether to leave a job that I should never have taken to begin with (should have listened to my gut instinct instead of my brain) because it was making me anxious, depressed, and emotional. Personally, being unemployed (meaning bored and alone and ashamed of myself) was the lesser of two evils. So I left, without having another job to go to, and I felt like a failure and spent months struggling for work… but I was STILL happier than when I had been at that job. I took the time to recover my destroyed self-esteem and it actually felt good to be taking action and progressing with my life instead of treading water, you know?

TheAwakening – Change is difficult! Especially after 8-10 years of a routine. Some self-doubt will be inevitable, but remember this: one of the top 5 regrets of the dying is “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard”. (http://justrandomdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/top-5-regrets-of-dying.jpg) I believe taking a step towards caring for your personal life will be extremely rewarding and beneficial to your well being.