I'm applying for a bunch of jobs and I just did a polygraph test for a law enforcement administration position. I failed one question, which means I failed the polygraph. The weird part is that I didn't lie, I was just having a lot of anxiety the entire time I was in that chair. They hooked up my fingers, hooked up my chest, my stomach!, put a blood pressure cuff so tightly on my arm it made my hand numb, my buttox (the chair has a buttox reader that measures fine movements by your buttox!), a voice stress analyzer, they positioned a webcam in front of me and told me it would all be recorded. Mind you, I have an anxiety disorder.

I passed all the questions except one because the way he asked it was very accusatory and he asked it over and over again, each time causing my blood pressure to rise higher and higher, the fact that he thought I was lying triggered my anxiety. I felt like I was in an electrocution chair or something. I noticed my stomach muscles kept twitching, I think that's what was causing it to seem like I was showing signs of lying on the computer.

He said I really seemed to be lying on that question so I failed it. I got a call the next day to come in and retake the test for that particular question. I don't know how I'm going to get through this. I'm feeling even more anxious about it now than I did the first time. I feel like I did something wrong even though I didn't. It's terrible. And this is just for an administrative position!