awful start to the day

[IncognitoC]

my day started off with 2 of the buses that I needed to get not showing up. This made me late for a meeting with the benefits people. Here in the uk it’s not good as they can sanction for non attendance and deduct money. I finally got a different bus which was going to get me to my appointment 30 minutes late. By this point I was having a panic attack and my anxiety was immense. Even though the benefits people called me and said everything was okay and they would mark me as attended I am really struggling to lower my anxiety.

I have written a formal complaint to the bus company because of the stress that this has caused me.

[winternight]

That does sound bad. But don't worry, it turned out fine. You just need to tell yourself now nothing bad happened. And I am sure you'll do great now.

[IncognitoC in reply to winternight]

I can’t stop shaking. It’s probably the worst I’ve ever been.

[winternight in reply to IncognitoC]

I believe it's not because of what happened today, but the accumulated consequence of the past events. So just do deep breathing exercise for now, to stop the effect, I could recommend you the technique but I don't know your age or medical history. So just take deep breaths, wait and exhale. Do this multiple times slowly. Very slowly. I am there, don't worry.

[IncognitoC in reply to winternight]

Thank you, I am going to try meditation and hopefully it will pass.

The main problem I have is that I absolutely hate being late for anything. I am always 20 to 30 minutes early for everything that I do.

[winternight in reply to IncognitoC]

It will. I can understand and it wasn't your fault of course. So it will be okay.