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Is this common?
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After just shy of 6 years, I had my last day at my job. Now, for this entire time I have only very rarely dreamt of the workplace. Usually once I'm done with the workday, the workday is done. It hasn't been my experience that it follows me home. That is, until last night. I laid down to sleep and like a freight train the memories of the last 5+ years came flooding in. Memories of customers, strangers, coworkers, struggles and heart warmth. For about 2 hours they just kept going. And I'm a guy who likes to sleep so this felt like forever :lol:

But is this common? It reminds me of the common adage about life flashing before your eyes when you're close to death. It was like this chunk of my life coming to an end resulted in an involuntary review. Weird.

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Why shouldn't the truth be stranger than fiction?
Fiction, after all, has to make sense. -- Mark Twain

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Re: Is this common? [Re: Kickle]
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Leaving a job can be as stressful as the death of a family member, according to psychologists. It is a permanent end to 1/2 of your waking life for the past 6 years.

Hierarchy of stress from Wikipedia.

Death of a spouse 100
Divorce 73
Marital separation 65
Imprisonment 63
Death of a close family member 63
Personal injury or illness 53
Marriage 50
Dismissal from work 47
Marital reconciliation 45
Retirement 45
Change in health of family member 44
Pregnancy 40
Sexual difficulties 39
Gain a new family member 39
Business readjustment 39
Change in financial state 38
Death of a close friend 37
Change to different line of work 36
Change in frequency of arguments 35
Major mortgage 32
Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 30
Change in responsibilities at work 29
Child leaving home 29
Trouble with in-laws 29
Outstanding personal achievement 28
Spouse starts or stops work 26
Begin or end school 26
Change in living conditions 25
Revision of personal habits 24
Trouble with boss 23
Change in working hours or conditions 20
Change in residence 20
Change in schools 20
Change in recreation 19
Change in church activities 19
Change in social activities 18
Minor mortgage or loan 17
Change in sleeping habits 16
Change in number of family reunions 15
Change in eating habits 15
Vacation 13
Christmas 12
Minor violation of law 11


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Re: Is this common? [Re: Kickle]
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Yeah, it's happened to me when beginning a new job and when ending an old one. Don't dream about them when I'm in the middle of them.

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Re: Is this common? [Re: Kickle]
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reminds me of last year when i went to 10 days of buddhist teachings. the teachings were great but didn't really sink in until the first night after getting home from them. that night i had a series of dreams, felt like tons of information downloading into me, rearranging and aligning all the info from the teachings - like a complete recap of everything mentioned but with more clarity than when i heard them in person. it was neat :sun:

i think this is just the unconscious mind's way of sorting through information after a transition, maybe? your mind felt the need to process all the experiences you went through at work for some reason, maybe to reorganize the memories in a way more fitting now that you no longer work there? in any case, the mind is quite powerful !


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Re: Is this common? [Re: Admiral Ackbar]
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Admiral Ackbar said:
Leaving a job can be as stressful as the death of a family member, according to psychologists. It is a permanent end to 1/2 of your waking life for the past 6 years.

Hierarchy of stress from Wikipedia.

Death of a spouse 100
Divorce 73
Marital separation 65
Imprisonment 63
Death of a close family member 63
Personal injury or illness 53
Marriage 50
Dismissal from work 47
Marital reconciliation 45
Retirement 45
Change in health of family member 44
Pregnancy 40
Sexual difficulties 39
Gain a new family member 39
Business readjustment 39
Change in financial state 38
Death of a close friend 37
Change to different line of work 36
Change in frequency of arguments 35
Major mortgage 32
Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 30
Change in responsibilities at work 29
Child leaving home 29
Trouble with in-laws 29
Outstanding personal achievement 28
Spouse starts or stops work 26
Begin or end school 26
Change in living conditions 25
Revision of personal habits 24
Trouble with boss 23
Change in working hours or conditions 20
Change in residence 20
Change in schools 20
Change in recreation 19
Change in church activities 19
Change in social activities 18
Minor mortgage or loan 17
Change in sleeping habits 16
Change in number of family reunions 15
Change in eating habits 15
Vacation 13
Christmas 12
Minor violation of law 11



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Re: Is this common? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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remember these are averages I wonder what the standard deviation is

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Re: Is this common? [Re: Kickle]
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You don't know what you got until it's gone.

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Re: Is this common? [Re: Kickle]
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sounds like a clearing of mental impressions (samskaras/vasanas) so you can move on :thumbup:


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Re: Is this common? [Re: Chronic7]
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The Chronic said:
sounds like a clearing of mental impressions (samskaras/vasanas) so you can move on :thumbup:


well all i can say is i am stuck in my old job every night i have to go to work and sell.  it sucks cause i never make the sale but i just have to sell sell sell.  it's sell hell i tell you.  what can i do i worked there ten years got fired.  had to go out back and break the sword over my leg and throw it in two pieces.  hurt like a bitch and never could quite figure out why i did that other than a stupid tv show back in the day.



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Anxiety is what you make it.

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