[Mipmunk]

I feel during the evening that my DP is really going, but as soon as I get up in the morning and know I have to go to work, by the time I get to work I feel really DP'd, I get panicky and get anxiety at work and suddenly seem to dissociate from myself, making a day at work a nightmare, once I get home, have a shower and put my pyjamas on, I don't feel so bad? I have had this DP episode now for 14 weeks. And when I am 100% well my job is fine, I normally like my job. It seems that because I have felt unwell for over 3 months it seems I have associated being at work with feeling bad. So as soon as I get into work I feel bad, because I can't remember the last time I felt good at work. So once I get home I feel relieved and seem to not feel so bad. Does this make sense to anyone? I have to keep my job I can't afford not to. If I could just feel like I do at home when I am at work, it wouldn't be so bad. Any ideas? I had such a bad day at work today the anxiety and panic was dreadful.

Mippy
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[Sojourner]

If you're feeling good at home, enjoy it and tomorrow morning when you wake up, remind yourself how good you felt. If you think it will help, put a note to yourself tonight where you will see it first thing in the morning. Something cheery that you know will recapture how you felt in the evening.

If that doesn't work, suggest to yourself tomorrow morning that you are going to feel fine in three minutes. Don't think of anything else but that thought. It cannot fail to work if you do it.

 

[LOSTONE]

Mipmunk I am just wondering if work is the only place you feel panicky or do you feel this way in a lot of social sitiuations?

I have a hard time at work because of people, repetitious noises, stress and lighting. I get panicky in almost all social enviorments though.

I have such a big problem with anxiety at work, I havent been able to hold down a job for more than 3 months in my life. I feel like I am on an endless job search.

It sounds to me that you are doing better than me at controling your anxiety. At least you can hold a job. Thats something to be very happy about.

 

[Milan]

I get anxiety going to work as well. Though it has been a little better the last fortnight. What I do is delay leaving work and going home by telling myself I just need to get past the next hour, or minute or sometimes seconds when it hits really bad. You still feel the fear and it hurts but endurance is needed to get yourself conditioned back to your normal self. It hurts real bad but it has to be done.

One thing that helps me is to take frequent walks during the day to get myself away from the office and the computer screen.

Keep going, I know how terrifying it is but you must persevere. If it does get really, REALLY bad just go home and get some rest and try again the next day. I notice that some days are bad and others seem ok for no apparent reason so if you have a set back one day try not to be hard on yourself which is also difficult to do.

Good luck