Job Interview! Tips/Suggestions for managing symptoms better so I can actually keep this one?

[Feather127]

Hi, everybody. I'm new here, and I just wanted to say that I've really struggled with keeping a job for longer than a month due to my symptoms of my mental illnesses, and not dealing with them properly. (We're talking six jobs in under eight months...) Not getting out of bed to go into work, my anxiety causing "sickness" (nausea, cramping, headaches), making up excuses because it was a hard mental health day, etc. I start out excited for the job, then a few weeks down the line, my symptoms get less manageable. I've got an in person job interview in a few days with a job that I believe will be a very good one, and I'm quite excited!

Does anybody have any tips/suggestions for managing these symptoms, and quieting the anxiety so I can keep a job, and stay in good standing with the employer? I'm not sure if it's about motivation, or what it's about, so any tips or suggestions would help. Thank you!!

[kenster1]

hi good luck for your interview fingers crossed for you.make sure you do some research about the company as they usually ask what you know about them and why you want to work for them.write down some questions you might want to ask as well.make sure you get a proper nights sleep eat breakfast relax with some music chew a bit of gum to help relax.sitting upright and making eye contact goes a long way as well.

[Feather127 in reply to kenster1]

Thank you so much. I will definitely try these tomorrow!!

[kenster1 in reply to Feather127]

hope it goes well for you.

[crowningglory19]

Hi there, I am sorry you are fighting every day to have energy to do the stuff you need to, and anxiety and depression is taking over. You can win at this, you will over come! Many have found that taking magnesium (magnesium malate is best) and ginseng help a lot w both, they calm the mind body and spirit and get rid of sticky negative thoughts the loop around in the mind. Also, getting outside, laying on the grass to get grounded and breathe in fresh air, looking at stars, these things help a lot too. Our environment help or hurt our mental health and physical health. Speak aloud positive truths to counteract the negative thoughts and things said to us. Also, Volunteering helps us get our of our own misery to help others, which helps us. Call those negatives a lie and correct them to yourself. Protect yourself from those who put that added stress on you and go out and do new challenging things, take classes, go t meetups. Learn new things, meet new people, it will get you out of the pit. Hope this helps you, blessings!

[Feather127 in reply to crowningglory19]

Hi! Thank you so much for your response. It means a lot that you took the time to respond.

Alright. Ginseng and Magnesium Malate! Good to know. I will definitely have to try these.

Getting outside has always helped, and I have no idea why I don't do it more often. Thank you for bringing that up! I'll try to get outside as often as I can, especially with the snow we are receiving now, I'll get out skiing as much as I can.

I stopped volunteering a bit ago, but it really seemed to help. I will try to start that up again, too.

Protecting myself from those who put stress on me is the hard one, though. It's my family. I can't very well do that... All of my friends, and my partner included, have told me that they are emotionally abusive, but I feel like I owe them something. I've been trying not to let them get to me, my motivation is to prove them wrong at this point.

Thank you so very much for those suggestions. They are very good ones, and I will need to try to use them to keep somewhat "sane". Haha. Blessed be, friend. Thank you, again.

[crowningglory19 in reply to Feather127]

You're so welcome! You don't owe your family. Keep your guard up when around them, remember it's them, not you, so brush it off like lint, and don't take it into you as truth when it is their own sickness that makes them say those things. <3 You are doing great, you got this.