Job Offer

[lclaire01]

Hi,

I've recently graduated university as a veterinarian and have just received a job offer 3 hours away from home in a small country town (which I'm not really sure if I'd like living in it or not). It's at quite a big clinic with a lot of staff but they all seem very lovely and supportive. The job itself sounds like it would be very varied and I'd see a lot of interesting cases.

The thing is I am absolutely terrified to begin practicing as a vet and all the responsibility that comes with it. I suffer with generalised anxiety, social anxiety and depression and I'm worried I won't be able to deal with how busy the clinic is and the responsibilities I will have. I'm so scared of going into the clinic with all new people and being judged because I can't work fast enough or I don't know the answers to things when clients or staff ask me. I was sent the contract the other day to look at and I can't bring myself to say I'll accept because I'm so terrified. I'm also worried about being isolated in a country town where I don't know anyone. Ideally I wanted a job near the coast because that would be more familiar to home and in the coastal town I'm looking in, I already know some people.

I'm just procrastinating because the thought of making a decision and going through all that gives me constant insufferable anxiety. I just feel like if I take the job I will ruin everything or won't be good enough to do it. My family keep asking me what decision I'm going to make but I keep avoiding the question because each time someone brings it up my stress levels increase exponentially. I'm just wondering if taking this job would be biting off more than I can chew and maybe if i should settle for something in a less busy clinic with a smaller staff in a place I would like to live.

Just feeling very insecure and scared.

Thanks

[white knight]

Hi, welcome

Wow, I know that feeling

4 days after my 17th birthday I joined the air gorce, jet plane Melbourne to Adelaide, 3 months marching, running etc.

At 21 joined Victorian prison service. Boy, scared as. The list goes on.

So here's how it works. In any job you are safe to carry out your work you are qualified for, to make a profit for your employer. Now if you are unsure of treatment to administrator just ask. You are human after all.

I would take up the offer, after all, you can always take your holidays to the coast.

All towns are the same. Give it a few weeks and you'll settle. Get a couple of years under your belt then reconsider your options.

The more work you do the less you'll be anxious.

Google- beyondblue Topic how I eliminated anxiety

Good luck

TonyWK

[Croix]

Dear Lclaire01~

I guess any sensible person is going to be petrified in this position. Fresh out of uni is just a start, and the day to day practical stuff, including dealing wiht people is a pretty big task.

An awful lot hinges on how the owner/manager and staff see you. If they recognize you are in your first job half the problems are gone. In fact it is better than that, having a pool of supportive people makes a world of difference.

So if in doubt travel the 3 hours and talk, explain your feelings, see what the boss says. I'd be most surprised if things did not turn out well. Nobody is silly enough to compare a new graduate wiht an experienced vet.

You chose this career for good reasons, they have not gone away, I would expect you will end up enjoying it more and more.

May I ask if you are under treatment for your anxiety and depression? If so would you like to have a chat to your doctor and explain things are very stressful at the moment?

The hardest part is starting, and the second when things happen that make you feel bad or doubt yourself, however you, like other newly hatched vets, can get though to better times. Completing uni -which is hard- proves that . And I'd imagine that's true in any practice too.

So what do you think?

Croix