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Crippling Anxiety At Work 2016-10-06 15:36:20 Post No. 17643207
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Life was basically on easy mode for me right up until I got to college and now I have a crippling anxiety-based aversion to work. I wasn't rich or anything, just smart enough that I could pay no attention during Calculus and still scrape a B, and my parents didn't push me to do any real work outside of school. I left my last job three months ago and now have no money. The fear of ending up on the street soon has caused me to contact a temp agency, but in the meantime I have no money. Besides selling blood, which I will do, does anyone have any advice as to how to survive the next month? Or how to get over this aversion to working? I'm twenty-six and have been able to support myself up until now, but my anxiety has gotten worse with time. I've seen three therapists and tried six prescriptions.
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>>17643207
>how to get over this aversion to working?
By working. The more you work the better it gets. You cant fix your aversion to working by sitting at home and not working.
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>>17643228
It's been eight years since I graduated and I've been working full time during that time. The defect is worse now. There has to be something more to this.
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>>17643246
hmmm.. well is your work social? Is it social anxiety? Try a career change with less interaction. I'm thinking about being a long haul truck driver. Me, my truck and the road. No stupid office gossip to worry about.
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Do You go outside and get exercise? I know that as soon as I start slacking on my exercise I become extremely anxious at work. Sometimes I'll feel so uncomfortable to the point where I twitch. But if I stay fit I am very easy going.
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>>17643258
Nope. I have friends I socialize with regularly, but I don't exercise. Good point.
>>17643256
The anxiety is usually in regards to just not doing my job well enough. If I work customer service, yeah, I'm afraid I'm not being personable enough. But if I work fast food I'm afraid of not working quickly enough, in telemarketing I'm afraid of not making enough sales, etc. And of course I always do at least meet the bare minimum requirements to stay employed, but I never do much better than that and the stress of knowing that I suck at my job makes me want to quit.
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