Job Anxiety

[Daddio62]

I'm new here. I am struggling with severe anxiety. My medications and therapy strategies are not helping lately. I have started a new job and my anxiety is crippling and relentless. I will connect with my psych services tomorrow but wondered if this is a place I can chat with people and get support?

[Hidden]

Welcome to the group! To answer your question, YES! This is a wonderful place to start. I’ve had wonderful advice from this site and have even learned things I never knew about anxiety and what can help and what doesn’t. Are you experiencing panic attacks at your job? How do you feel?

[Daddio62 in reply to Hidden]

I actually feel good at work. When I am off work my anxiety is incapacitating. For no rational reason. I don’t know what I’m anxious about but the physical manifestations are unbearable. I exercise, eat well, meditate, take my meds—nothing gives me relief.

[Hidden in reply to Daddio62]

Sometimes we don’t know what we are anxious about when having anxiety. I find that it’s been that way a lot for me and it’s pretty scary sometimes! Have you ever tried therapy? or self help books.

[Daddio62 in reply to Hidden]

I’ve done tons of therapies. DBT, EMDR, ECT, mindfulness, and medications. It’s so frustrating when nothing works. I don’t want to quit another job.

[Hidden in reply to Daddio62]

I definitely can understand!