Ok. I have extreme social anxiety. However, I can attend college, as it has always been my safe zone and can function at school really well. But outside of school I don't like going anywhere.
I just got hired at a retail store. I worked at one before (2 years ago) for 3 months in a bigger city. Every day I went to worked I bawled for hours before going. Once I got in the doors I could control myself but inside I was constantly panicking.
Now that I'm working again Im scared of this. I panicked today before going into orientation. Debating and fighting with myself all day long on whether I should go or not. I am on 2 different anxiety meds, and I'm in therapy. People say "If you just force yourself to do it it will get easier" but for me it doesn't. When I worked before it NEVER got better.
What else can I do to help calm this extreme anxiety so that I can do ok at work and not curl up like a child and bawl?
Thanks.