Dealing with Job Anxiety: Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?

That’s literally how I felt when I started my job a month and a half ago! I was so scared and filled with anxiety, I almost quit before I started! But once I started and saw how ridiculous I was being, everything else just solved itself. The important part is to let yourself try before you doom yourself to fail.

Yes... I get really, really bad work anxiety and struggle with perfectionism and workaholism which eventually makes it even more nerve wracking. Almost all of my work experiences have been traumatic for me in one way or another...from my own perfectionism, to being worked too aggressively, to not being able to afford basic living expenses, to being bullied by coworkers... so i have PTSD from it now. I'm lucky to be working for my dad right now--I still get anxious about it, but it's not as bad because i know he's understanding and accommodating. And if my mental health is too difficult to manage, i just let him know i need a mental health day...which is honestly at least twice a week. I try not to feel guilty about it... sometimes i do...but i feel lucky right now to not have any of the anxiety being caused by how he treats me. I'm really scared of eventually working for somebody else--I don't think i could keep up with it and am afraid i would get fired within the first few weeks. When the time comes, i need to remind myself 1. I've made things work before 2. There ARE people out there, even bosses (and even ones i've had), that understand mental illness and 3. If things get toxic again i need to allow myself to quit... I'm not stuck. I plan on targeting it with EMDR with my therapist, too.