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I’m a makeup artist in retail and I have special disability accommodations that allow me to function and keep my job on days when my anxiety makes it too difficult to work.
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What accommodation helps? I'm thinking of asking for one at work but not sure what to ask for?
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Some accommodations I have had include working five hour shifts, allowed to miss three days per month as needed, extra 20 minute break for panic attacks as needed, working in the mornings and afternoons only
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There aren’t really any jobs catered to OCD sadly. I personally want a work from home job like medical biller
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That’s not bad to be honest! It’s a pretty decent job I know my mom does that.
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I have no official diagnosis but I'm staff at a law firm. I have my paralegal cert but I haven't gotten a job with it so I'm still staff. I thought about law school but the hours required and lack of sleep really really messes with my mental health so I'm not sure what else to say. But that's what I've been doing for awhile.
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What do you do there?
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@Anonymous:,( I used to prepare letters and forms that they filed. But now I'm doing some tracking of internal projects and paying attendion to those bills. I also do work with some attorneys on certain billing items. Right now it's pretty niche in the place I'm at.
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@Catperson10 Are you able to stay focused? One of my big problems sometimes is rumination. Do you ruminate at work?
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@Anonymous:,( So yes I can focus but when I get into my anxiety zone (I might find later that's my ocd) I have a very hard time focusing and I have to take my xanax to be able to complete anything. I used to be very well controlled and could focus. But I have to focus hard for like 30 mins then break. But I can focus very well if there's a strict deadline and a real rush. I can't explain it. I might have ADHD too but I'm dealing with this too. I also have to have at least one headphone in with white noise or those nature white noise. Otherwise I can get very distracted. But I have absolutely been struggling with this the last year.
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@Anonymous:,( I meant to say I think it's rumination but when I have big anxiety I've had to call out sick before. So it's definitely an issue for me.
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@Catperson10 Yeah that makes sense. I had a bad habit of doing that but I broke it. Now I feel like I’m starting to do that calling out again because I just want to be home :(
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@Anonymous:,( I have to physically be back in the office so I'm not sure how I'm going to do with that. We're hybrid schedule but I'm a mess around people now. I'll definitely post how it goes here though.
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This isn't a stupid question I used to want to be an RN or MD or something related to one of my other conditions. I had thought I could be really good at empathizing with those patients since I've been through it. But...germphobia and I absolutely cannot function without sleep. I used to have a huge fear of blood for like a decade. Like I'm not even exaggerating about the sleep though.
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I have a fear of blood as well. I get so many what if thoughts about it! That’s understandable though like who doesn’t need their sleep!
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@Anonymous:,( Right? I don't understand why some industries allow that kind of treatment of their valuable workers! I'm not sure how I got through the blood thing. I wish I could tell you. I think it got replaced with the germphobia in general.
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@Catperson10 Yeah you literally need sleep to function! It’s okay since I was a kind I’ve always had fear of blood. I kinda just let the thoughts be tbh
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@Anonymous:,( We really do need sleep!
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I’ve been my job for almost 2 years now and I can not shake the constant worry that I am going to do something to mess it up. I’m constantly checking things over and over to make sure they’re correct to the point where I almost don’t believe my own eyes anymore. Everyday I go home with something to be anxious about. Today me and a coworker got in a bit of a tiff and I can’t stop thinking about it (even though I was totally right to be upset 🤣) everyday I play out fake scenarios that may happen because of what I said or did. Occasionally I will worry if I had written something inappropriate on the work I turn in. There’s no amount of reassurance that can make me stop worrying and I’m not sure what to do anymore. I’m new here and would love some suggestions!
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So I’m new to this app and I knew there was something wrong w/ my brain for a few years now. I’m a professional volleyball player and was playing in France last year while in a long distance relationship. I would ruminate and think that one small thing was going to ruin my career every. Single. Day. And I have the fear that I NEEDED to end warm ups with a good hit or else I would play terribly. I had constant fears that my teammates don’t trust me and think I’m bad - when in reality and looking at the statistics I was one of the best players on the team - the fearful ruminating keeps me awake at night and it would get so bad that I would break into a rash on my neck. Lots of rashes from anxiety and over thinking :( My relationship was new but it was long distance. I never experienced this in my life: my mind became OBSESSED with the idea he might be ugly. I couldn’t stop thinking that he was ugly and feared that that meant I needed to break up with him and I felt like a terrible person constantly and the thought ate me alive - I was constantly googling about it to try and get some relief which I am now learning is seeking reassurance. I also have struggled with some forms of disordered eating for many years but it got so bad in France. I was binge eating a lot. I gained ten pounds in a month. I knew it and I felt it and I became OBSESSED with the idea that I’m so fat and a weak terrible person for not being able to control my binges. My therapist gave me some screener exams. I scored very highly on the anxiety test and the OCD test which blew my mind cuz I’ve never considered OCD in my whole life. I started taking Prozac which honestly I feel like saved my life. It’s been over 6 months since that point now and everything is so much more manageable. I’ve also recently learned that I may have autism as well. My brother has it and dad is convinced he has it but I was never diagnosed. I also learned I may have a bit of ADD as well recently. I’ve known I think differently for some time but this is just overwhelming and validating and confusing and a bit scary. My current obsession is worrying about my future career - I’m obsessed. I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m so afraid of my making a lot of money in the future. I take aptitude tests all the time when I get anxiety or go on Reddit to hear about other people which makes me feel okay for a little but it always comes back. My head is spinning. I just want to enjoy being 24 and having an interesting career and trust that my life will be okay but I’m so convinced that I’m going to suffer immensely if I don’t start pursuing a high paying job immediately. Im a smart girl - graduated from UC Berkeley - have done tons of networking in different industries - I have a financial plan for the future for when I start a normal job - but I cant stop this cyclical torturous thinking that I’m going to be poor and suffer immensely I also learned a few years ago I have an anxious attachment style which I thought I worked through but in my new relationship I have strong feelings for him and I feel the intense fear abandonment coming up and I’m so scared I’m gonna ruin the relationship - I thought maybe I’m just someone who needs a lot of reassurance but if I have OCD maybe that will make it worse? Feeling like I need reassurance to regulate? I just would like some help - have you experienced this? Is this even OCD? Am I making things up for attention? I’m going to bring it up with my therapist.
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i’ve graduated and it just seems terrifying now because my pocd is flaring up again and i’m terrified of myself , i was planning to become a teacher but i just find disgust in even applying and I want to avoid children I have had these recent thing where i have intrusive thoughts and im scared to look at children because im scared i might look at their intimate areas and it’s killing me because i avoid looking at children or even have conversations with them because im scared of what my ocd does. Even when i try to conquer my fear of looking at children and just letting the fear sit, my OCD convinces me that i do look at them in a weird sexual way and I feel like ripping myself into shreds even saying that.
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