Dozie was hospitalized with a panic attack before quitting corporate finance
Aishetu Dozie · How I Built Resilience: Aishetu Dozie of Bossy Cosmetics · Oct 8, 2020 · at 4:03
Aishetu Dozie, founder of Bossy Cosmetics, describes the intense psychological and physical toll of stepping away from her lucrative investment banking career in Lagos, Nigeria.
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“I had a panic attack, I'll be honest with you, where I was in the hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, which is where I was living in my last role. And when I had decided, okay, I'm quitting, I'm not healthy, I'm certainly not mentally happy doing this job, but I don't know what I want to do. Just the sheer fear. I was so petrified of loss of status, loss of income, you know, that, that business card, your identity has been so wrapped up in this thing. I thought I was having a heart attack. Turns out it was a panic attack, and at that point, you know, at the hospital, my husband and I looked at each other, and it was just very clear that something needed to change.”
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