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Ugh.. just having an awful day. It's been over 4 years and the urges are still there. I am so sick of fighting - I fight every day but it is too much. I'm broke, I can't work my current job without massive panic attacks and don't know if I can qualify for any sort of assistance. I might have another day job that I would be fine with (I dont cope with shift work) but I don't know for at least another few weeks, and if I don't have that thsn I have no other interviews currently. And on top of that I need to move out of my current house and try to find something else pet friendly - I never realised how hard that could be!!
i have been trying so hard lately to get my life together - finished uni, started eating healthy, started exercising but it all seems to be falling apart. Finishing my degree was meant to make things easier. Putting in these changes was meant to make things easier. I am trying so hard but all I want to do is give up. The thoughts haven't been this bad in a long time. I don't think I want to fight them any more ![]() |
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#2
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Could this recent distress be from the changes in your life (graduating and starting work)? What about your job is causing the panic attacks?
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#3
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Your advice has been so helpful to me, and having your support has meant so much. It sounds like you have a LOT of stress going on right now. Don't give up. Four years is INCREDIBLE. I am so proud of you. I don't have any solid advice except don't quite and take deep breaths. This is all just temporary. You will get past this.
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Thank you both for your replies
![]() ![]() I think everything is just changing too fast. I really don't cope with the changing shift work and casual employment where I can be called 1/2 hour before I start work - it just makes me so tired and anxious currently - but I don't really have another option. I just need to get through the next few weeks and hopefully things will calm down, but I always struggle in the lead up to Christmas due to my past. It definitely isn't my favourite time of year! |
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So you have always functioned where you kept your anxiety under control by controlling your environment?
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Usually yes. And when I don't have other major stressors I can handle quick changes, and managed to work up to 30 hours a week shift work but when other things are also not going well I don't cope so well.
I just found out that I do qualify for support payments though until I can find other work so hopefully that will help. It takes care of the debt and will give me time to find employment that doesn't raise my stress. |
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Do you have a therapist? Being able to work on this anxiety would be really helpful. Keep us posted on how you are doing?
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Don't let your problems or the world make you feel small. Stretch your arms out over your head. Take a deep breathe. Tell yourself that you are big. You are big, not small. You always have space, you are not trapped........ I'm an ISFJ |
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