Job anxiety really bad?

[Anonymous]

in an earlier post i talked about how i was terrified of starting a job training… i cried before going in but i stayed till the end.. i was supposed to have 3 days of training but they want to cut my last day of training and let me start working at my actual location. IM NOT READY. i barely managed to get used to that store.. i still have an anxiety but it wasn’t as bad because i got used to the area and my trainer was really nice.. now i’m going in at 2pm and working a 8 hour shift today. they said i was doing really good and wanted to throw me in.. I WAS DOING GOOD BC I WAS COMFORTABLE. now i’m forgetting everything and crying in the bathroom.. how do i stop this and not let my anxiety win

[Anonymous]

Omg I have this kind of anxiety and it’s just so bad.
I’ve turned around and went home when I wasn’t supposed to because I’d already cried the whole way to work or college, start panicking then lie my way out of a shift when it was really horrible. Plus it didn’t help that I was out of work for almost two years During covid, I got comfortable at home in solitude, so going back to work at a new job I didn’t want in the first place was hard. But honestly I think mindset is everything. You have a lot more control than you think over whether or not anxiety will get the best of you. If your job is busy, then throw yourself into it.


Make yourself think of all the duties you still have to do or something like that the second you feel anxious (IF that helps, i know for some it makes them more anxious, for me it’s a means of keeping my mind occupied from panicking over a shift).


When I’d excuse myself to the bathroom, I’d sit there are figure out what exactly was upsetting me so I could address it. If I was overwhelmed at work with learning a new system, I wrote down notes I kept with me, even little drawings if I needed visuals, I also wrote with a lot of step by step detail (don’t be afraid to take notes!). I could go on and on but basically I did whatever I could to help make it less stressful and anxiety enduring to work, even if that meant convincing myself I was only going to be there for 2 hours when I was only an hour in to a full time shift lol. Help yourself where you can, if you can. It gets easier the harder you refuse to let anxiety have too much control in your life.

[Asker]

bro.. we are literally the same person.. i cried at my training when i got a job at chipotle.. i didn’t even last a day and left crying. i still haven’t been there since:. i was so used to being home bc of covid and just let my anxiety win everytime and now it’s even harder to over come… i’m going to use your tips but i’m so anxious and feel like i’m going to throw up. i go in in less than an hour

[Opinion Owner]

I hear you! Covid times really fcked me over because prior to that I had a steady job where I was comfortable, gotten seniority and at that point had no anxiety about going to work there. Then it feels like Covid made me relapse lol all that work I did for years to overcome my anxiety was gone.
I finally forced myself back to school and work January last year and omg it’s a struggle. I think something to consider is how much you enjoy your job and if there’s somewhere else you’d be happier. For me, I realized I’d never be happy working some kind of retail, then started saving so I can open my own small business and work for myself. That’s way less stress. Maybe you should think about this as well, like if you’d be happier someplace else that is better for your anxiety.

[Emanon25]

Don’t cry, you can do it, put some trust in yourself

[Emanon25]

Are you feeling better now?

[Asker]

i’m not:: and i go in in less than an hour: i feel like i’m going to throw up

[Emanon25]

Why do you want to throw up?

[Asker]

it’s just how i feel when i’m anxious.. i haven’t been eating a lot the past 4 days because i don’t want to vomit at work bc of how anxious i get,

[Emanon25]

Don’t be hard on yourself, just calm down and relax, I’m sure everything will be fine.

[Asker]

i really needed the last day of training they took from me.. i’m not ready for this they just switched up on me bc they think i’m ready… i’m so scared right now i don’t want to work a real shift at a busier store

[Emanon25]

They will help you to do the right work.

[Asker]

but that’s what my training was for.. they’re expecting me to know things.. the lady who’s as training me said i had to work on talking to people and i barely got used to talking to people in that area..

[Emanon25]

Believe me, the first 15 minutes could be hard then everything will be so easy

[Asker]

i bought some anxiety pills from walmart.. hoping they help

[Emanon25]

Don’t use them please

[Asker]

why not? I TOOK 2 ALREADY are they bad

[Emanon25]

I don’t know but taking medicine without a prescription is bad

[Asker]

okay.. i cried again when it was time for me to go in.. everyone was nice about it though.. im still here and learning.. it’s just in the beginning i thjnk? i still get scared of mean customers tho.. i’ve had 2 so far.. but some guy asked me for my number lol