NE21 worrier
18-09-12, 13:12
Hello,
I'm a male, aged 29 (on Thursday), living in NE England. I have general anxiety disorder (GAD) though my worries seem to latch onto one thing then another then another.
At the moment, I am primarily worrying about my job - I work in the civil service on a fixed-term basis only and the terms of my contract have changed whereby I am being moved from a back-office administrative role to a frontline contact centre position.
I have previously had problems working in this sort of role, quitting a similar position for the Student Loans Co after just five months, last October. It took until I effectively had a nervous breakdown at the start of May before a holiday to Thailand* to realise I had a bit of a problem.
I went to my GP and I have been referred to the local NHS Mental Health team. So far, I have had two sessions of CBT - the first one basically just established where I was at, but the second has introduced the concept of 'Postponing worry'.
This news about my job has hit me like a train, to be honest, so I'm not doing a very good job at all of postponing my worry. The dread of taking the brunt of complaints in a contact centre is all that seems to be dominating my thoughts and, physically, I get a sharp pain right under my breastbone - perhaps related to the fact that I also have a hiatal hernia and acid reflux problems.
Any worries/thoughts on the concept of postponing worry would be helpful!
(*BTW, I still went on holiday to Thailand after much persuasion by my friends. Ultimately, it was my decision, though, and I absolutely loved my 16 days there. Never give up on your dreams, folks!)
I'm a male, aged 29 (on Thursday), living in NE England. I have general anxiety disorder (GAD) though my worries seem to latch onto one thing then another then another.
At the moment, I am primarily worrying about my job - I work in the civil service on a fixed-term basis only and the terms of my contract have changed whereby I am being moved from a back-office administrative role to a frontline contact centre position.
I have previously had problems working in this sort of role, quitting a similar position for the Student Loans Co after just five months, last October. It took until I effectively had a nervous breakdown at the start of May before a holiday to Thailand* to realise I had a bit of a problem.
I went to my GP and I have been referred to the local NHS Mental Health team. So far, I have had two sessions of CBT - the first one basically just established where I was at, but the second has introduced the concept of 'Postponing worry'.
This news about my job has hit me like a train, to be honest, so I'm not doing a very good job at all of postponing my worry. The dread of taking the brunt of complaints in a contact centre is all that seems to be dominating my thoughts and, physically, I get a sharp pain right under my breastbone - perhaps related to the fact that I also have a hiatal hernia and acid reflux problems.
Any worries/thoughts on the concept of postponing worry would be helpful!
(*BTW, I still went on holiday to Thailand after much persuasion by my friends. Ultimately, it was my decision, though, and I absolutely loved my 16 days there. Never give up on your dreams, folks!)