@wardi This is one of the reasons that I decided to do my work as a freelancer, personally. I now negotiate deadlines out of the contract whenever talking to a potential customer - in that I make it clear that I cannot function with deadlines outside of exceptional emergency cases (eg. regulatory deadlines), and that they are not necessary for work to get done either.

That gives me enough room to schedule my work based on how I'm doing mentally, rather than being expected to be present at a specific fixed time. This works really well to remove pressure, and instead spend my spoons on what my brain can actually deal with at any given moment. On average, more than enough work gets done.

It's harder to pull off under a regular employment contract, but I *have* heard of people doing so successfully.