Too much, too soon

I have decided to call it a day for this contract. Everyone advised me that I'd need to find a part-time, low-stress job to ease myself back in to work, but that just wasn't an option if I wanted to get back to bring a contract Test Analyst. I put in my resignation today, and I'll finish up on the 20th November, a week on Friday. This has never been an easy project, and it just seems to be spiralling into more and more complexity, getting me more and more stressed as my brain seizes up. Life's too short, and I don't need any more misery, so I'm offski. No matter what anyone says, and I know it's for the best, but it feels like failure. However, I've had failures before in my recovery, and one thing I have learned is not to let it get me down if I can help it. Take the lesson on-board and move on ...