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Slater

Updated 1y ago

Dealing with Anxiety Before Work

I always get crazy anxious the night before work and the morning of, even though I have a good time at my job. The only thing that helps is smoking (w33d) before I sleep and when I wake up, but I don’t always have the money for that. What can i even do? Obviously anxiety meds could help but I have work in the morning and I’m starting to freak myself out over nothing.

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carter._.16

2y

I'm the same way tbh. The beat thing I can do for myself is put on one of my favorite shows/movies and sometimes I'll draw/doodle to help get my anxious energy out. Another thing that helps me is physical contact. It's very grounding. So just giving someone a hug or petting one of my animals helps. I know not everyone has that, but it is helpful to me
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Slater

2y

idk why i didn’t think of drawing because that’s something I love doing. I’m also a huge fan of physical contact which helps a lot but I feel like no matter what I do I’m just so anxious
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AriEden

2y

same, I think I love my job, but I always get anxious and start wanting to quit because I feel like I'm terrible at it.
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Slater

2y

literally same. I’ll get random feelings of panic throughout the day and I’m scared that I won’t be able to pull it together. I also had a panic attack my first day
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Bellea606

2y

I feel this. Anticipation anxiety is no fun. I usually try to distract my brain and set a time in my head for when I have to start to get ready and literally do stuff that takes my mind off of it until then ie: watch videos do a little craft, clean something etc etc. That's also easier said than done for me I guess because of ADHD but that's what helps me
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Noella

2y

Anxiety is the devil. The moment I wake up I think and worry a out what can and will go wrong. I feel doomed before my day even starts. I don’t like feeling this way, I tell myself to stop worrying but it’s not that simple.😩
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Thehoodedcow

2y

I know the feeling. I used p*rn, m*sturbation and org*sm as a coping mechanism. It wasn't long before I was addicted. One thing God's shown me, though, is that addictions do NOT help. They make you feel good and even calm you down for a time, but it doesn't get to the root of the issue. I know that counselors are a great help when it's the right fit. I encourage you to look for one; the stigmatism around counselors is false. Sometimes having an outside perspective, especially a professionals, is a real help and a huge blessing. God is also known as the Mighty Counselor; He's been teaching me stuff even when I didn't know what the heck was going on 😂 My anxiety is high, and it's hard to do my job. But learning to understand why that is is a huge first step towards uprooting it. Those results last.
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Vyp3rG0d

2y

Hard to give advice on this as it's something that is gonna differ from person to person and situation to situation but I find your tactics mixed with years of self management practices manage me through my experiences like that though I fail if it's not something like work and I don't have someone accompanying me usually
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Coffeepot27

2y

I think for me? Weed has definitely worsened my anxiety. I’ve certainly dialed in down in terms of my intake, and I think I’m going to completely cut it out of my life
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Vyp3rG0d

2y

unfortunately it can react that way for some people
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Coffeepot27

2y

We’ll see though

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