I stared in a software dev role and when our little company got bought up, got dropped into managing people. Went from having one equal colleague to leading a team of 14.
That was about 2 years ago and I’ve been wanting to switch back to a non-management role since. The problem is, I have this extreme pressure inside to please everybody, so I still do my work well. My team loves me and my boss thinks I‘m just incredibly talented as a manager. Why don‘t I just quit? Because that would conflict with my desperate need for everybody to be happy with me so I haven’t built up the courage. I tell myself that even if I suffer from all the stress and responsibility, at least my team has a leader that gives a shit.