Investigation Log | Post-Resignation Procedures Are Tough When You Have Depression

I suffered from brain fatigue and took a leave of absence for several months.
I reached the end of the company's maximum leave period,
and ended up resigning.

For the past few months,
honestly, I've felt guilty about resting.

In my case, rather than feeling restless,
I was constantly haunted by a compulsive feeling that I had to keep thinking about something.

Whether it's half my brain or my body,

there's a part of me saying, "Just lie down and close your eyes, it's okay to rest,"

and another part of me saying,

"You have to get up, think about something, and record what you've thought about."
"Anything is fine, even a game. You have to stay upright."

Because I was in that state,
I thought that once I resigned and left the company,
I would finally be able to rest.

……That's what I thought.
However, when a person leaves an organization like a company, there are actually quite a lot of procedures to go through.

Did you know? ❤

👀 Subject of this investigation

What I investigated this time is,

whether post-resignation procedures
are truly manageable for people
with reduced judgment due to brain fatigue or depression.

It is.
While there are differences depending on the person, such as their employment status and family environment, I have organized what I did in my case as an investigation record.

✍️ What I did

・Application for injury and sickness allowance
・Retirement benefit procedures
・Switching health insurance
・Switching national pension payment methods
・Hello Work

Huh?
When I list them as "what I did," it's fewer than I thought?
When laid out like this, it's surprisingly simple.

Even though I spent every day feeling crushed by anxiety, wondering what I should do next...

💡 What I realized

Looking back,
"the number of things I did wasn't as high as I thought"
and "the procedures themselves aren't difficult."

The problem is,

That was it.

After resigning, I had to research what I needed to do myself.
Among those things, which ones had deadlines?
Conversely, which ones couldn't be started until the "resignation certificate" arrived?

Since I would get confused, I decided to clear the ones with the closest deadlines first.
"Within 20 days of resignation"
This deadline became ahuge wallfor me.

You might think, "But you have 20 whole days!"

I want you to remember here that I have been diagnosed with depression due to brain fatigue.
And, while everyone else might understand it, I didn't really understand how insurance premiums and taxes worked.

First, it took me a week just to understand what I needed to do and what it entailed.
It helped that I started researching before I even resigned.

It takes so much time just to organize what needs to be done while checking in with my physical condition.

For example,
just with health insurance,
Dependent?
Voluntary continuation?
National Health Insurance?
Who should I ask?
What do I need to know to do that?
There were just so many of these "decisions needed before the actual decision."

Every procedure was like this, over and over.
Every time I finished one,

"Is this the end?"

I would think.
Just when I thought that, the resignation certificate would arrive.
What do I do when the resignation certificate arrives...?

I think if I weren't in a state of depression and brain fatigue, it wouldn't be that difficult.

For me, not knowing if I can wake up in the morning, and even if I do, being in a daze,

That's why the "deadline" became such a huge wall and a source of pressure.

I somehow managed to complete it all.
(Though some things remain, like waiting for responses or things that can't be processed until a month after resignation.)

"......Really?
Are there no procedures left?
Did I overlook anything?"

The amount of preparation (subjectively) required to get to the procedure is so high that the procedure itself, aside from the waiting, is actually quite quick.

That's why it makes me even more anxious.

I feel relieved when I receive postcards confirming that procedures or transfers are complete.

Only now, having come this far, might I finally be able to think, "It's okay to rest."

🦉Finally

If there is anyone currently going through the same procedures, I want to tell you this.

"It is normal to feel exhausted."

It is not because you are bad at paperwork, but because it is a series of
understanding what is necessary,
what options are available,
and making those choices,
a continuous stream of decisions.

It is exhausting...

It is okay to take it one step at a time.
It is truly exhausting.

Do you have any experiences where you thought, "This was the hardest part" regarding procedures after resigning or changing jobs?

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I have also summarized what my state of mind was like during brain fatigue here. ↓