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In the past I have worked for companies whose employees have made my life unbearable. These work colleagues were completely two-faced, extremely imature and very annoying – the majority of them deserved a slap. At times I would even dread going to work and would feel sick whilst travelling to my office.

When I arrived back at the comfort of my own home I would basically be completely worn out and was basically like a zombie – my social life was virtually non-existant. I would then decide to go to bed early but would basically just lay their worrying about the next day. This could last for hours on end and at times would last all of the night.

Luckily I am now self-employed working within various sectors including stammering therapy, business cost reduction and DVD duplication.

I have read that plenty of sleep is a good way at reducing levels of stress, the question is, how does one get to sleep in the first place?

There was absolutely no way that I was paid anywhere near enough for the amount of stress that I was being put under – there must be more to life than this, I used to think to myself. I was less than impressed with the way in which my co-workers, including the management, treated me – I was worth more than this – they treated me at times like some piece of dirt at the bottom of their shoes. It has to be said that this stage of my life was not exactly the brightest; I even started to become quite ill – no doubt because of the amount that I was stressing.

I wanted to leave this company a lot earlier than the time that I eventually did, the problem was that I did not feel that I could afford to. I decided to save up enough money over a period of about six months so that I could then make my escape. At the same time I started to look at finding alternative work and thought long and hard about which career path I wanted to take.

On the day that I left this job, I will never forget my journey home. I could not stop smiling, I was so relieved that this nightmare was over once and for all.