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Tag: anxiety

  • Job Coach

    I’m working with a job coach. There’s two types of these. There’s job services, which helps you find a job. And job coaches, who help you deal with stressors at work. For me, because of anxiety and weird family stuff, it’s usually social. She went over things she had observed of me at work and…

  • Anxiety and cashiering

    I work as a cashier. The thing of it is, it’s a simple job. I ring up customers and I make chit chat and it’s not that big of a deal. The problem is that I have social anxiety. Which means that I am anxious ALL of the time because cashiering is a social activity.…

  • Working with anxiety

    I had my first real shift at work yesterday. I am working in retail again and this time, it’s at a big store. Previously, I’ve had issues with this. I get panic attacks easily, struggle with mood swings, and usually wind up crying in a bathroom somewhere. Or sometimes I end up talking myself out…

  • Fixing things instead of crashing

    I’ve been taking my meds. Consistently. It’s now part of my routine. Today, I had something happen with my family. Everything is fine, but it’s one of those someone told me something I didn’t know and now it’s messing with me kind of deals. Family secrets being revealed. Again. Before, I would have spiraled. I…

  • Almost a job

    I’ve almost got a job. I signed up for this thing where you work from home and it’s a contract job. I answer phones for customer service places. At this point, I think it’s the best fit for me right now. I’m not made to be around people. I’m a judgmental asshole who has panic…

  • Living with Anxiety

    As an abuse survivor, I have anxiety. In my twenties, I didn’t have the terminology necessary to explain why I felt anxious all of the time. But social media has helped (along with therapy) me understand why I constantly am filled with the overwhelming sense that I have done something wrong, even though I haven’t.…