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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Anxiety Attacks

Trichster724
Trichster724

Does anyone else have coworkers who tell you that when you have frequent anxiety attacks that you're really just trying to get out of working...? A lot of people I work with are older than me, I'm 21, and they keep gossiping about me (one of good friends i work with warned me). They're like "oh Sam doesn't wanna work so shes having an "anxiety attack". I'm sick of people thinking that I fake anxiety attacks for attention or to get out of working. I love working it gives me something productive to do. 

Tired
Tired
You have to ignore these people as much as your able to. I got a job in my mid twenties. There was a lot older man in my office. He kept telling me I should be at home. Woman shouldn't work.
I was sort of uncomfortable around him. But ignored his as best I could. I have Generalized
Anxiety Disorder. Had it all my life. It's hard working when you have this. I even had a small
emotional breakdown years ago. It affected my ability to do my job for a few months. But I
got through it all. Am now 64 years old and retired.
Diane22
Diane22
When I was 21 years old I had been diagnosed with panic disorder and I had to go out on disability bc j couldn't go to work. Everyone made comments and rumors that i was "faking" people who don't have it don't understand how serious it is.
sharaninmd
sharaninmd
People who have not experienced some kind of mental illness really don't understand what it is like and what you go through. As hard as it will be, try your best to ignore their remarks.
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