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for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 25

Hiya Loves Trees :)

You are absolutely right with the joking thing. It's hard to have a panic attack while you are laughing. That is one of the more recent coping mechanisms that I have been using and it seems to work as a good distraction. Technically I am working in retail, but I work in security. When I am chasing after bad guys, my hieghtened fight or flight response is a very good thing as I can chase people down at amazing speeds and think fast while others are trailing behind. It seems that law enforcement is a great job for someone with panic disorder lol. I just need to keep up the work with this program and make sure that I continue to grow in strength instead of allowing the panic to grow in strength. Someone once told me that it doesn't matter which dog is the bigger one in a heated dog fight, the one that wins is the one that was fed more (because they have more strength and endurance). This is a figurative annalogy of course, but it makes sense. Ty for your response :)

Tanya

for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 25

Hiya Davit :)

Ty for your response. I ended up being ok at work that day. I guess I ran out of adrenaline after those attacks. The only triggers that I have at work are the escalators which I don't often have to use and have used for my exposure work, and the flourescent lighting that really messes with my eyes. Those are things I can't change, and most stores have those lights, which makes shopping and school very tough for me. I'm not sure why those are triggers as I have never had anything bad happen to me on them. In fact, I used to play on escalators and I used to love flourescent lighting when I was doing a lot of art work... It really makes no sense.

People with negative attitudes don't really mess with my psyche as I am usually the one to listen and cheer them up and I enjoy doing that. So it's a mystery as to why I have these attacks. I am getting better though. Doing my exposure work has really helped me to learn how to calm down when I am having an attack, and I have a nice little office I can go hide in when I really have to. It's just that every once in a while, some attacks are just so bad that nothing can stop them or slow them down and I hate it. Those don't happen very often, but when they do, they really are tramatic.

Tanya

for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2606

Hello motorgurl86,

Your fellow members have made some great points, it may be beneficial to try and pinpoint a few specific things about your work that is triggering your anxiety and then you may be better able to work on this using the tools from the program.

Stay strong and keep working the program!

Samantha, Health Educator

for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 356

I want to echo what Davit has said here. There could be reasons why your anxiety is ramped up that you could list, and like you said, you work in a negative workspace (sounds like retail, which is definitely high stress, low validation and demanding in many ways). This program on this site has tools to manage that stuff.

When I worked a job like that, one thing that helped a bit was focusing my mind on what I was going to do after it was over that was going to be plesant. Like take a hot bath. I would just think about that hot bath throughout the day and that helped a bit. If i could feel what it was going to be like to relax after the long day was over, it helped me. Not just think about it but try to feel what it feels liek to enjoy something (watching a good show, going for a run, whatever it is). I also had good co-workers so I could go and joke around with them for 30 seconds or so and blow off steam during a long demanding shift. Those little things can go a long way to helping during astressful work shift.

Good luck.

for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 6252

Look at your concerns about this job especially performance. Are you good enough? (for you, not the job) Any thing you don't like, any one you don't like? How about second hand anxiety?

( Got any chronic complainers you have to work with or around ) Is it an odd shift, does it mess up your day? Is there anything you have to squeeze in before or after work? What about work area? Do you have to straighten up after some one before you can work?

Just a few of the things that can subconsciously trigger anxiety that overflows into panic. I had this with my last job.

Davit

for 13 år siden 0 +0 / -0 25

I don't know what my deal is, but it seems that before most of my shifts, I tend to panic and have a really hard time getting myself under control. I work a low stress, fairly easy job in my field that I am studying in. The place I work does have negative attitudes, but other than that, there is nothing wrong and I don't know why I always have to manage my panic attacks when I go there. I am working in a few hours for black Friday, and yes, that is a stressful day, but still I am in a security position and really need to chill out.

This program has helped me a lot, but I am only about half way through the program and there are times where my anxiety levels when I am going to work are off the charts (like now) and it's not like I can just call off for having panic attacks. I have had times where it got so bad I felt like I was going to black out and it went on for hours. I don't want my coworkers to see me like this, and I have had to tell some of my managers about my disorder so they don't think that I'm hung over or on drugs. It's so imbarressing!

I just hope that this monkey business stops before I actually have to go in. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not panicked about. I have learned so much from this program, and it has helped a lot, but I still have a ways to go ... (crossing fingers that it's going to be ok). I can't wait until this chapter of my life with panic disorder is behind me! Ug, I want to have a normal life so badly, and I am getting there, slowly but surely :)

Tanya

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