Anxiety stopping me from applying for dream job.

[Riseabovethedark]

Hi, so i’ve had this awful couple of months at work and my anxiety seems to be holding me back from moving on and getting my dream job.

My current job is stressful and as a casual I work with new people each day. It’s not the people making me anxious...I think it’s that I don’t feel like I have a team anymore if that makes sense? There’s nobody really to back me up or help out if I make mistakes. Last year I worked with the same people every day and we were like a well oiled machine. If one person made a mistake, the rest would fill the void and help to fix whatever it was. Now it’s all up to me and it’s too much pressure.

I want to get a new, better job (my dream job) but i’ve been doing this job for so long that I sometimes have a panic attack just thinking about going for interviews and writing KSC, which just leaves me exhausted. The job I want is what my uni degree is for but I can’t seem to push past the anxiety, which is frustrating in itself!

I don’t know how to get out of this funk and to find the courage to get a better job. It doesn’t help I keep mucking up.

[Psychologistry]

I know how hard it is. I've been through it. Anxiety had stopped me from showing my full self at the job interview and application. Luckily, I qualified, but I vowed to never go to another job interview again. Whenever I think about getting a new job, I think about how anxious I get before the job application and job interview.

My advice for you, is just quit your current job. It is pressurizing you too much. A job that you don't like isn't going to benefit your mental health. Now that you are put under less pressure to do this and that, think about the issue. Is it really this bad? Is it going to be the end of the world if I don't qualify? And remind yourself that you completed a university degree, just to get this dream job. Did I really go to university to just earn something that isn't going to be useful in my life? Be strong. Stay calm and relax. Focus and challenge your thoughts. Admit that you will fail sometimes. You see, no one is perfect. No employee is perfect. Everyone will fail sometimes. Whenever you have a panic attack, just breathe deeply, calm yourself and follow this advice.

Hopefully, this helped you,

Pyschologistry...