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...
I am starting a new job tomorrow as a receptionist at a clinic tomorrow. This will be my first nine to five job. Since I was informed that I landed the job last Thursday, I haven't stopped obsessing. I keep going on google to find a good website where they tell me how to be an awesome receptionist. I have a few questions:
1.) Do you find repeating the same routine over and over on a daily basis to be difficult?
2.) How do you manage your anxiety in the work place?
3.) Any tips on how to kill any negative thoughts? (ex.I am not going to perform well, I am surely getting fired. Etc.)
This all sounds silly and I feel like I am over thinking things. But , I'm sure I can't be the only person who has gone through this. haha.
1.) Do you find repeating the same routine over and over on a daily basis to be difficult?
2.) How do you manage your anxiety in the work place?
3.) Any tips on how to kill any negative thoughts? (ex.I am not going to perform well, I am surely getting fired. Etc.)
This all sounds silly and I feel like I am over thinking things. But , I'm sure I can't be the only person who has gone through this. haha.
I was never able to manage my anxiety in the workplace... that's why I haven't worked in years, so cant say anything about that.
Im sure medication can help somewhat, to dull out the emotions.
Hmm... as for negative thoughts....there are no cures for that. Just have to take it day to day.
Good luck, lets us know how it goes.
~Over and over definitely helps with my anxiety.
~I try to breathe and be nice to myself. I used to do real estate work and this is out of the question lately, but reception work is very basic in comparison. You don't have pressure and the need to be the best to gain biz. Just smile and be nice, you'll be fine!!
~KILL NEGATIVE THOUGHTS - be nice to yourself, you are going to be great!
Wishing you the best!! Jennifer
I agree that repetitive duties help diminish anxiety. You get into a routine, know what is expected and off you go.
Instead of shooting for perfection, think "good enough." And remember that there is a learning curve for everyone. Even people with a lot of experience make mistakes. Just do the best you can but don't worry about getting fired. It will take you a couple weeks to get up to speed and that should be expected.
As to managing anxiety at work, find a few anchors. What is familiar and comfortable? Could be that you bring food/drinks you have at home where you feel safe. Wearing comfortable (but professional) clothes can help. If you can listen to familiar music in the background.
And find safe people. Is your boss nice? A coworker? Focus on them and not anyone who gives you a hard time.
I think it's also great if you can think of what you like/don't like at the job so that as you move through your career you can get more of what you like and less of what you don't like at future jobs.
Best of luck to you.
Everyone is anxious when they have a new job, tasks that have not been done before, to be expected to function seamlessly. I would think it to be unusual if someone new on the job would "not" be nervous.
When you go into that workplace, try not to focus on yourself. Focus on the tasks ahead of you and realize that the job of a receptionist is a very "active" job, even though you are mostly sitting at a desk.
Focus on these things instead and I really mean those things actually count:
1. As you go to your first day in the job look around you and notice if you are being received warmly. Are people trying to teach you or are they just throwing you into the water and hope you will learn to swim right away?
2. Tell yourself: o.k. these people are patient and want to give me time to learn: good. That goes also for the negative: whops, these people are not patient, just want the work done, do not care about their employees: I will learn as much as I can, but keep my eyes open in the job market and continue to apply to other jobs.
None of these options is bad, it is merely reacting to the situation at hand. Because you can stay or leave. Do not think of it as they can make you stay or make you leave. You have to take charge of your life and if you like to be an employee there you stay, if not you decide to leave.
Sooo many employers think that it is in their power to have an employee stay, go, do good work, and so on. But actually it is the employer that has the following power: make the employee realize if this is a workplace worth working at or not.
You may have a boss at your job, but that person is not the boss of your opinions, decisions, or your life.
Take that power away from them, view the job based on "your" expectations and take it from there. There are many, many jobs out there.
When I was fed up with my jobs and knew that I could do so much better I just learned from each job I entered and used that knowledge to build my own business. You can beat them in many many ways. Employers have too much power and employees tend to forget that the power over their own lives lies within.
When suffering from anxiety this message is especially important, because when you see yourself as the one in power you do not internalize this anxiety, you pass it on to the people who will notice that you are in charge of your own life. Then they will be the ones who will hobble home with anxieties. Might sound mean, but that is how workplaces work.
Go out there, take charge tiger.