An interview...

So I have an interview tomorrow. I'm not really nervous just kind of annoyed. I need a job, badly but I'm scared it won't work out and I'll get my hopes up. I hate hope, I hate hope a lot. I just want to get in there and get it over with. See the problem is I get a great job and then somehow my anxiety takes over and I end up getting sick at work and having anxiety attacks and end up leaving and then eventually losing the job or quitting. I'm trying to tell myself I have to force myself through it but it just keeps happening. I don't know why. I don't know what's wrong with me. I take my anxiety medication but so far that's a no go. A lot of people say I do it to myself by convincing myself. I know that's true but this is stupid. I'm 27 and have a 7 year old son. I need to start acting my age when it comes to work. I mean what other reason is there for me to be in college. *sigh* I wish I knew if any of you had the same problem as me...

I hear you. I also get jobs and due to anxiety taking over I call in sick and eventually am fired or quit because I won't be able to go back. Good luck on your interview and remember to ask them question too on the interview.
Do you also do therapy in addition to psych meds? Therapy is really important.

First of all, best wishes on your interview! You can do this!

Secondly, as mentioned above, the meds alone did not help me either and I had to find other coping mechanisms and skills to use and learned them through therapy, individual or group. Perhaps this is an option to consider.

Again, good luck!

Thank you both for your insight. I am one three anti-depressants but my Aunt keeps telling me they won't work unless I believe they will work. I'm not sure how true that is. I've always had conflicting views because my parents believed in two separate things. I'm 27 years old and talk in circles and don't truly know what I believe in alone. What other coping methods do you use that might work for me? My therapist is just dumb.