Babysitting Anxiety

[welm_a]

I was officially diagnosed with Panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder back in 2013. I'm 17 almost 18 now and It's still something I struggle with.

Recently I was asked to take on a babysitting job that would be 2 days a week and 3 hours each day. I accepted it because I mean in my high school I take the Early Childhood Education class (In school preschool) And to top it all off the kid I work with in preschool is the kid I now babysit.(And her sister)

Here's my problem. I am now getting anxious about babysitting... I keep having panic attacks, general anxiety and it's getting to the point where I don't even want to go anymore and a lot of the time when I am there, I just think about when I can go home.

So any advice?? I can't let this control me and I don't even know why I'm anxious. I love the kids and they are great. But for some reason now all I do is worry about it.

Thanks

[CCWilliams]

You are young and have a long, wonderful life ahead of you. Talk to a professional. Find what works for you. Fight it. Pursue it. Don’t let it have the best of you.

There are so many things I would have done differently in my life if I had accepted my anxiety/panic tendencies. I hid away trying to escape it, and that didn’t work. Shine a light on it and get a support system that will help you figure it out. Then share it with others.