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Default Sep 11, 2019 at 10:51 PM
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For example, in an office setting where corporate politics are at play and you're a new employee... Do you oftentimes feel as if you always have to accustom yourself to your environment (even if it kills you inside) just to be able to blend in with others and test your mental strength to how far you can put up with all the stress in your job just to be able to tell yourself that:

"If others can cope just fine withthe stress, the demands and even insults from your employer, then I can TOO"


Even if you feel that you are STILL very sensitive and vulnerable to those things, you are still pushing through because you want to PROVE to yourself that you are STILL that mentally TOUGH person that you WERE before you had the diagnosis...

That yearning for things to go back to how they are supposed to be...

Do you also feel this way too?
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Default Sep 12, 2019 at 08:20 AM
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Yes, I can DEFINITELY relate, @Peonie30! I've never been a particularly strong person so I'm not actually yearning for the Past... But I DO want to prove to myself that I can make it through even though that's not the case! So yes, I totally get you. I think it's important to recognize what we CAN and CAN'T do and acknowledge that just because we're struggling it doesn't make us weaker... In many ways, it makes us stronger! That's how I see it anyway. I hope it helps you to see that you're not alone here. Keep posting here if it helps! Feel free to PM me anytime if you need advice and support. I am sure plenty of others will also gladly, kindly, wisely and wonderfully help you as well! Sending many safe, warm hugs to BOTH you, @Peonie30, your family, your friends and ALL of your Loved Ones! Keep fighting and keep rocking!
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Yes, @Peonie30, I do get easily overwhelmed by life's stressors! Not quite so easily now since I have been taking anti-anxiety meds for about 18 months now, but I still get overwhelmed.
ETA to add that while the anxiety meds help, so does the fact that I don't HAVE to get up and get out and get to work every morning. This is not healthy, nor is it easier mentally ...

I'm retired now, but I used to get VERY anxious at work, and I never stayed in any one job for long, because of this. I was clueless about office politics (as I am about social politics in general), I was too busy focusing on my work while trying to just keep my head down and get my job done well and not get flustered. Even after the main cause of my anxiety was diagnosed, I wasn't treated for it. No meds, just like all of my life up to that point.

I was concerned with proving myself capable of doing the work so I could keep the job, but I usually ended up quitting the job because of all the anxieties that I had no idea how to cope with, and no one to give me the help I needed.

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Yes, I can DEFINITELY relate, @Peonie30! I've never been a particularly strong person so I'm not actually yearning for the Past... But I DO want to prove to myself that I can make it through even though that's not the case! So yes, I totally get you. I think it's important to recognize what we CAN and CAN'T do and acknowledge that just because we're struggling it doesn't make us weaker... In many ways, it makes us stronger! That's how I see it anyway. I hope it helps you to see that you're not alone here. Keep posting here if it helps! Do you get EASILY overwhelmed by life's stressors? Do you get EASILY overwhelmed by life's stressors? Feel free to PM me anytime if you need advice and support. I am sure plenty of others will also gladly, kindly, wisely and wonderfully help you as well! Sending many safe, warm hugs to BOTH you, @Peonie30, your family, your friends and ALL of your Loved Ones! Keep fighting and keep rocking!
Thank you for always sharing your kind words! Sending you back warm hugs and love! Do you get EASILY overwhelmed by life's stressors?Do you get EASILY overwhelmed by life's stressors?Do you get EASILY overwhelmed by life's stressors?
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Yes, @Peonie30, I do get easily overwhelmed by life's stressors! Not quite so easily now since I have been taking anti-anxiety meds for about 18 months now, but I still get overwhelmed.

ETA to add that while the anxiety meds help, so does the fact that I don't HAVE to get up and get out and get to work every morning. This is not healthy, nor is it easier mentally ...


I'm retired now, but I used to get VERY anxious at work, and I never stayed in any one job for long, because of this. I was clueless about office politics (as I am about social politics in general), I was too busy focusing on my work while trying to just keep my head down and get my job done well and not get flustered. Even after the main cause of my anxiety was diagnosed, I wasn't treated for it. No meds, just like all of my life up to that point.


I was concerned with proving myself capable of doing the work so I could keep the job, but I usually ended up quitting the job because of all the anxieties that I had no idea how to cope with, and no one to give me the help I needed.


I hope this reply helps!
I feel the same way about going to work. It feels like even though the day has only just started, you already feel tired. I dunno why. It actually upsets me to know that I can't be like others who handle stress BETTER than I do and I have a tendency to quit doing things where others are still doing and pushing thru. It sucks to feel that way to be honest. I always felt that even though it's a good thing to have a name to what I'm experiencing with my symptoms through the diagnosis...I still wish that I could continue living in ignorance as a bliss...
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I get very overwhelmed pretty much everyday at work my first half hour there. Especially if things are a total mess from the night before. I don’t in general feel stress but I get randomly exhausted when there’s stressful stuff going on. I space out due to the tiredness and I’m not paying much attention anymore.

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