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Design engineers: Can you shut off your brain during non-work hours?
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Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: MT on June 16, 2023, 12:07:22 pm ---There is not a work related mental issue a "after work beer" cant fix.
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You are so wrong it is not even funny.

Granted, you have to have an unhealthy attitude towards work and work-related issues first; but then, the end result can be a burned out husk of a man.  Take a guess why I know that for a fact.
RoGeorge:
For the OP, maybe try getting a vacation, or a new hobby, something different than the profession.  :-//
m k:
There can also be things that one must do but can't.
Real outside of one's head or not is irrelevant.
TimNJ:
By the way, thanks for sharing all your ideas and advice. It is good to hear similar stories and experiences. Don’t have many people in my life who I can relate to on this. Not planning on running away from engineering either; I think that would lead to intellectual death on some level. I also have lots of hobbies, some technical, some more artistic, many a blend of the two. Maybe I need to be more purposeful about working on those. And it is up to me to decide what balance of work related stress and intellectual stimulation/nourishment works for me.
helius:
Physical exercise is necessary to supply adequate oxygen and neurotrophic factors to the brain. The more strenuous (heart rate maximizing) the better.
Around 90% of frontal cortex neurons are inhibitory: it's precisely the experience of racing thoughts and inability to "shut off" that signal cerebral degeneration.
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