I think I’m in the opposite camp. Loved the butterfly keyboard and Face ID works almost always, so much so that I regret getting a Touch ID iPad. And this is with me having facial hair and glasses. Touch Bar was a miss for me too though

I loved the touch bar.

Unfortunately it was a cool thing that died a slow death when nobody made meaningful use of it. At that point it made sense to axe it.

I thought the Touch Bar with Esc was kinda ok, but by that time its reputation was already destroyed.

The experience of using the butterfly keyboard was fantastic, I agree, but it was definitely polarizing. Some people hated it. At the end of the day, however, the reliability issues were unacceptable.

This used to work for me for the longest time until it slowly didn't. And then anxiety slowly kept building up since I stopped being as productive as before and it overwhelmed me to the point where I couldn't do any work.

oh, it wasn't real advice -- i was just having a bit of a dark sense of humor about mental health. apologies if this wasn't as obvious as i'd intended.

it does work, but as you note, it's not sustainable. It's horrible for the mind and body.

please take care of yourself -- overwhelm is the pits.

Haha yeah, thanks! It just hit a bit too close to home as I'm going through this right now where thinking about work gives me the shakes and I can't seem to do any sort of long term deep work.

Last time I felt like this it took a couple of months until I broke down completely and was fired, so take care of you!

If what's stressing you out is the work you have to do or where you're working, now is actually not a bad time to search for a different workplace. You don't have to prove anything to anyone if that means that your mental health takes a toll, and you'll not be able to prove anything anyways in such a state.

If it's something different then feel free to chat here, or write me via mail(if you want to vent to a stranger), or look after your mental health by visiting a professional, if that's possible for you.

oh no! I'm really sorry to hear that.

Are you able to take any time off to decompress at all, or have a mental health professional you can talk to about it?

I'm fighting the urge to tell you all sorts of different things that I've tried and have helped me in that spot -- but I recognize that's probably not what you need.

do you have any sense of how a random group of HNers could support you? If nothing else, I hope knowing that you're not alone in the experience helps.

Don't worry, you aren't the first! Take care of and be good to yourself, even acknowledging the problem "out loud" here is a good start. (Like the article says, "start small!")