Programming is my passion, so no, I haven't. I have friends who have taken a break from it and done something else for a while, but they've always come back.

> I love programming, but the industry is very high-pressure and high-stress for me.

"The industry" is very broad and diverse with all sorts of different characteristics. Not all involve high pressure and stress. You can be a dev without having the high pressure and high stress by carefully selecting where you work.