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Stress And Anxiety At The Workplace And Home

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LuckyDuck

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I just started a job two weeks ago. I had to take today and yesterday off. I got a doctors note.

My body goes into a "fight a bug" mode, but once I book off, symptoms get milder though I'm still tired and not happy that they went away as I could actually get my butt off to work and make some money.

It's frustrating and tiring and I just want to quit.
 
In my own case, quitting is a short-term fix. That "fight a bug mode" resurfaces again a while after I quit and the cycle begins anew. It seems to me that the cycle is even more vicious when I isolate and have no work to distract me from it. That is allot tougher to quit than any of the jobs I have ever had.

Yes, it is frustrating. Sure wish I had an easy answer for both of us.
 
Well Arfie, just glad I'm not alone. I'll fight the quitting part of it as long as I can. Hey - maybe I'll get myself fired or something. That'll be a goalpost for sure. ;)
 
I am about to go to an interview for a new job. I haven't had a job for a few years as the anxiety always gets the better of me. I can't keep running forever, I have to face this. I know the anxiety will go if I don't go to the interview but I will be so disappointed for letting it win if I give up.

I have to go in half an hour and I'm not sure yet if I will get there, I hope I do.
 
I had a meeting with my t and my directors on Wednesday , that was a complete joke! Some of the questions they were asking my t were just ludricous to say the least! I did try to explain to them that from the mid 90s I went through my traumas day in day out for 7 years and was officially diagnosed with cptsd in 2001, that I'd worked extremely hard in my life to get to where I am today, not just through my career but as a mother , wife, daughter, sister nd other relationships , that sumtimes even getting out of bed has been a struggle , how I've tried to keep myself upbeat when really I feel like crap inside , and how it makes me feel when I disassociate and have flashbacks , how I've been successfully running the business fir years , keeping myself healthy, whilst everyday constantly battling my emotions. I was looking for a Well done , Or, you must be very proud urself and how well u done in your treatment and managed to focus in your job and how hard it must have been for you!!!!! All I got was , With all due respect we have a business to run!
It really disheartened me, when I got in I ended up drinking then crying loads, felt like a failure and felt so angry and resentful. Didn't sleep last night and to top it up ended up having flashbacks , felt totally depressed today but still forced myself to go to work and carry on. It's days like this I feel like saying to my directors wat the f...k, u have no idea about cptsd so just go to hell!!!! My t was brilliant tho and she told them I was r brave and how traumatic my emdr has been, I suppose that's all that matters.sorry guys I've prob just waffled on but feel better now I've got it of my chest. Thanks for listening x
 
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