Hi All,

Once upon a time I worked a corporate job and was very good at it.

It was my natural paranoia and obsessiveness that was actually a bonus to the company, as I handled a lot of complicated cases and handled them very well.

Unfortunately, it was the type of job that I took home with me and I eventually burned out.

No one knew how much I had been affected and negatively impacted by the corporate world and my response to it. It was dog-eat-dog, and quite frankly I cared. So, I left by quitting to move home to be near family.

Now, my cousin is in a situation where my work-knowledge is very helpful to her. And there's no question that I'm going to help her. I care.

The thing is is that helping her has brought back my feelings I had at work.

I am currently grinding my teeth, experiencing dry mouth and lower back pain. My anxiety is back and it feels like life or death... I'm really so freaked out.

I thought I left all that stress behind me...

I feel as though I'm right back in the corporate world again and I am so stressed...

My cousin needs help and I, too, need help in dealing with these flashbacks of different cases I worked on and so forth.

It feels as though I was at "work" today... the adrenaline is rushing and it feels like everything is going out of control.

I'm scared...

I need to feel safe again....

Thoughts?