How do I get rid of my sadness after leaving a job and my co-workers behind? Is it normal to feel like this?

[Anonymous]

I am going to resign from my job because the working environment is toxic and stressful. For some strange reason, I feel really sad and my chest feels heavy because I am about to resign from my current job. I have to leave everything behind. Even Though I've been working at that place for only 2 months, it still hurts me that it's going to end and that I will never see some of my co-workers ever again. I have to admit that some of them are toxic, but leaving them feels hard. I guess I am attached to that place and its people.

Most of my co-workers already resigned from that job, so I do the same. Is it normal to feel sad and sorrow after leaving a work place? What can I do to get rid of this sadness? It feels like grieving. Sorry for my poor English by the way.

[TommyMountainFigure]

Well first off, just because you leave a job, it doesn't mean you cannot arrange to meet up with those you liked there every now and again one evening, or a day on the weekend.. does it?

That said... Leaving a job you find to be affecting your health is like a huge weight removed from your shoulders.

I hope you have better luck with your new job.

[RuthlessAggression]

If you never liked the environment, doesn't that mean you don't like the people.

Also, if you don't like it, why would you miss it?

[Smoke-n-Growls]

It's normal.

Leaving a job - even a bad one - can feel like grieving a loss.

Try focusing on what you'll gain, now, like freedom from that toxicity and time to pursue better employment.

[Anonymous]

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