Anxiety Support Group
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...
Hello, I am posting this because I think I may be having mild anxiety/ anxiety attacks.
The only time I really notice the issues is when I work. I work at a restaurant as an Expo, which means I basically get the food from the kitchen, make sure everything is correct for the tables order, add dressings etc., then run the food to the table. (So pretty much a half a$$ed waitress)... I only do this Thursday-Saturday evenings when we are busy. During my "off" time I sell Scentsy, Velata, and Grace Adele and take care of our beautiful 4yo boy.
My problem is this, in the past few weeks I have been feeling off at work. When we do get really busy with a bunch of orders coming in, I start feel like I start panicking, because the cooks are putting food up from multiple orders or not at all, and I am just waiting for the rest of the food to be ready, then all of a sudden, it is all ready at once! During this time of waiting I feel an adrenaline rush, my hands are shaking, my heart is pounding, and I almost can't focus.
Now this has been going on for probably 6 weeks and every week I just try to shake it off and say its nothing. Until this week when the manager pulled me aside and asked me if there was something wrong and she said that even some of the other waitresses were saying something was off with me.
So now I am contemplating a trip to my doctor, or if I am just playing things up in my head. I really don't know what could be causing me to feel this way.
Please tell me what your thoughts are?
Thank you!
The only time I really notice the issues is when I work. I work at a restaurant as an Expo, which means I basically get the food from the kitchen, make sure everything is correct for the tables order, add dressings etc., then run the food to the table. (So pretty much a half a$$ed waitress)... I only do this Thursday-Saturday evenings when we are busy. During my "off" time I sell Scentsy, Velata, and Grace Adele and take care of our beautiful 4yo boy.
My problem is this, in the past few weeks I have been feeling off at work. When we do get really busy with a bunch of orders coming in, I start feel like I start panicking, because the cooks are putting food up from multiple orders or not at all, and I am just waiting for the rest of the food to be ready, then all of a sudden, it is all ready at once! During this time of waiting I feel an adrenaline rush, my hands are shaking, my heart is pounding, and I almost can't focus.
Now this has been going on for probably 6 weeks and every week I just try to shake it off and say its nothing. Until this week when the manager pulled me aside and asked me if there was something wrong and she said that even some of the other waitresses were saying something was off with me.
So now I am contemplating a trip to my doctor, or if I am just playing things up in my head. I really don't know what could be causing me to feel this way.
Please tell me what your thoughts are?
Thank you!
In contrast to what vonni said, people with anxiety or panic disorder don't necessarily experience it for their whole lives, at least not to the level of a disorder. People might be more susceptible to it and have a threshold for it. So, something can trigger it and we find out we have the disorder (like me).
On the other hand, more to what vonni was saying, many people just go through periods in life where they experience higher levels of anxiety/panic, but don't necessarily have a diagnosable disorder. Do you have anything else stressful going on in your life? Any major changes?
Bottom line, since it's lasted this long, I'd see a doctor. You can learn to cope with anxiety and stress without having to make a life change, like finding another job.