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I’ve been there. You have to face your fears and go back.
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I'm so sorry, about a weekish ago I had a panic attack right before school (I'm 14) and ended up missing my first two periods in which one of them I had a test. Panic attacks are really scary but don't be embarrassed to go back to work, if you saw someone who had a panic attack at work would you judge them or think of them differently?-no. People might be concerned and feel bad but I promise everything will be fine ;)
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It may be hard but you’ll get through it. I’ve been in your position before. The best thing you can do is face it head on and go back tomorrow. Avoiding it will only reinforce your fear. Believe in yourself and remember you are taking back your power over panic and OCD by going back. I wish you the best of luck, you’ve got this!
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I know this is like a key component of panic attacks— but I’m so worried I’m gonna have another one tomorrow
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What caused your panic attack?
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Last night I had really bad ocd symptoms regarding contamination and I think that anxiety stayed with me today and then work was super busy. But when i was having the panic attack there was no like reason, like I’ve had busy days at work before, but maybe it was just everything combined
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Oh I'm sorry, if you start to feel really anxious just take deep breaths and just try not to focus on things that cause you stress which is way easier said than done but it will help. If you need to you can tell someone that you're having a hard time and just need a break for a few minutes. Just practice breathing exercises and speak up if you need to, OCD is very annoying and difficult but you are stronger than OCD don't let it control you!
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Don’t be scared. I had a panic attack in the subway on my way to work. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. People will understand.
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It happens. Keep practicing breathing exercises. Once it became automatic for me, the amount of panic attacks have significantly reduced.
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Thanks for the support everyone ! I’m about to start work again so I will work on that deep breathing!m
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- 6y
I made it through work today! Thank you all for being there for me ?
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Woo hoo, good job and congrats!! ?
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Can someone help me? I was trying to clean my daughter’s car got hot and got anxiety now all I can focus on is my heart rate and it doesn’t feel good and I am freaking the f out!
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At work I was talking abt my nieces and how much I love them. I forgot what I said exactly (which is making me so upset rn) but I love my nieces a lot and I shared that w my coworkers. One of them was like a 18 year old boy and he said “weirdo” or something. My other coworker was a 24 year old girl and she said “what? how is that weird” and now I feel like a criminal like what if I’m a weirdo or something idk I talk about my nieces sometimes, I’m a really proud Auntie fr. But yeah I feel like throwing up
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So I work in a tutoring company that helps kids improve in math and reading. I usually do the grading and help out kids who are 3-6 years old. Today because there was 10mins left till closing I sent out a kid early and the mom came back asking me if he actually finished and I told her that he did two packets and that there was 5 mins till closing which I think was a mistake on my part to say that but like I was in shock because of how strong she came in and I then told her that if she wants I can do one reading with him and stay a bit longer but she also didn’t like that response due to her being upset that I let him leave 10 mins early. So then I told my boss the situation and the mom came back and for some reason the mom was now nicer and understanding about it and both just told me that next time to do one hour but my boss understood why I let him out early. It’s because I had another kid I was teaching and that kid likes to talk a lot and cause us a hard time so she thought that It was too much since I was working with that kid and the moms kid at the same time. But in the end I apologized to my boss about it and she told me that it’s okay that she only said certain things in front of the mom just so she can be happy or not have any problems. I just was very shaken up about it and still am. I feel like I always believe that I can handle people who come up to me in a frustrated or angry tone but nope I start wanting to hide and cry instantly so I was disappointed in myself. I have been wanting to quit this job for a minute because of the pay, I get paid monthly and it just doesn’t help with all the events and traveling I want to do. But I think I stay because I want the experience of working with kids so that I can seek other jobs but tbh I don’t think working with kids is for me. Not that I can’t handle kids, I know I can help and teach them it’s more so that it’s not a long term career that I wanna do. It’s just hard being a psych major and finding jobs or internships that relate to clinical psychology. I want to be able to hear people out and help them. I think I’m ranting at this point but in short I am just frustrated with myself for today because I’ve been working there for months and made a mistake that could’ve been easily fixed. It’s been bothering me all day and I hope it doesn’t ruin my mood for the rest of the week because I just wanna relax but feel like I can’t because I wanna cry.
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