Severe Work Anxiety

Anne1303
Community Member
I have struggled with depression and anxiety on and off for years. I went off medication six months ago thinking I was feeling great, but since then have slowly gone downhill until I have totally crashed this week at work and have had to take time off. I have extreme anxiety that I will miss something really important at work and something terrible will happen because I have missed it. I obsess over it now and found my constantly rechecking things just in case but still get into a panicked state just thinking about it. I saw my dr yday and have restarted on medication but am just so obsessed with worry that I am actually thinking about quitting my job and looking for something in a much less stressful environment , but then I worry am I just running away from my fears and will I find something to obsess and worry about in a different job anyway? Just so miserable and down and panicked .
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Anne1303
Community Member

Hi Cora,

I posted on your thread before I had even realised you had posted on mine too! It is reassuring to know that there are other people out there who think and feel the same way, sometimes I look at everyone else at work cruising along without any worries and think why can’t that just be me!!! I’m trying medication and physiologist first to see if that helps, and if not then I’m not sure what I’ll do yet. Unfortunately we live in a smaller regional town so we don’t have a large range of job options to pick from 😕 But I’m not sure changing jobs is the answer to our problems either....

Do you have any friends at your work you can talk to? I had struggled through two years but about a month ago just broke down completely at work and in my distress told one of the ladies at work and she was so understanding. Then of course I came home and worried was she just saying that..... it’s such a hard cycle and I don’t have any answers for you - I really, really wish I did and that we could fix our issues.

Come back and chat, hopefully we can help each other xx