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...

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Asuncion86
Asuncion86

So about two weeks ago when I posted last I mentioned being in a job that was a major stressor in my life. I have not clocked in for about the last two weeks. I didn't lose the job, though. I have been talking to HR and am trying to take the time as a leave of absence. I'm still waiting for the approval. I've been home since then and that's the tricky part. Of course my anxiety has gotten better since I don't have to report to work. Today I did some volunteering and realized that I still feel weird around others. So the anxiety hasn't gotten better, it's just that I haven't been around any triggers, like other people. I'm not looking forward to going back to my job. But at the same time, I haven't applied to too many other jobs because I don't know if I'd be able to perform due to the anxiety and awkwardness I feel around others. It's just a feeling of being off and low self confidence that I experience around others. 

Community LeaderMid
Mid
Keep writing it out.
arfie
arfie
One of the more fuzzy balances I have to maintain in my own anxiety is between catering to my illness and respecting my own human limitations. If I cater to my illness, I end up existing in a state of isolated paralysis, breathing but not really living. If I push myself too hard to **just get over ^it^**, I end up having psychotic breaks and what not.

I don't have any clean and/or reliable test for knowing which is which. Gentle support while you find your own balance.
High-Anxiety-Lawyer
High-Anxiety-Lawyer
Hang in there ... maybe you just need a break
Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315
I understand this I am currently going to another cottage to work at that is a little less stressful and it is hard to try not to stress yourself out.
mamadylanforever
mamadylanforever
I too realized that my job became a serious trigger for my anxiety. I had to learn to handle it with a different approach and realize not everything in this office is on my shoulders and it doesn’t help I am the only female right now and that’s prob going to continue. They basically act like I’m the mommy of the office you’re lucky you can take some time off try to go back with a new approach with whatever your triggers are there and get some rest and relaxation in while you have some time off.
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