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The Mental Maze of Cyber Security

I’m burned out from burnouts.

Occasional Toaster Botnet
Infoseconds
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3 min readMay 12, 2024

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This image originates from OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT.

I’m burned out from burnouts

For me, the issue was never burnout. How could one burn out from what they love more than anything else? The truth is what burned me out was how commercialized my industry became, how exceedingly I became less of the stereotype, and how Hollywood took over. That is what has burned me out. It’s sometimes cosplay nowadays. Sigh.

I’m feeling really anxious. One doesn’t always feel this way, but I do. I’m very hard on myself. I’m told I am anyway. It has helped me push forward and surpass my peers. But one does not often deal with issues to the caliber I have experienced. In the last five years, I have been stalked and harassed. I went to work with the military, thinking they would be a better group. They were worse. my anxiety is around the feeling I’m going to be Perma broken.
Have you ever had anyone have to leave from work? This is literally the first time in my career I’ve ever had to do this. Considering I could neither afford to take or go to the dentist during my employment with the DOD, I developed chronic tooth infections that almost killed me. I mean I could really list the whole entire thing, but my health was excellent…

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Occasional Toaster Botnet
Infoseconds

Kicking all your @ since 1337. Detective, Cyber Security Professional, Writer.