vicky23
15-09-15, 17:06
hi all,
I'm going through a really stressful time at the moment with some family issues and work pressure.
I work part time in a shop but we are so understaffed at the moment people leaving, on the sick, on holiday. So I'm doing what I can to help out. The way our rota works is online, I checked yesterday and as well as an 11 hour shift that I was dreading, they've put me in the sat 11hrs then sun 4 hrs ( my usual shift time) then Monday 8hrs then Tuesday 8hrs.
Living with anxiety is exhausting and painful sometimes so working is sometimes a challenge.
I have been working myself up into a tizz thinking about going in and asking the manager to take me off some of them shifts but before I could do that she rang and asked if I could do two more!! So when I said I was going to come talk to her anyway because I was finding it too much she just said ok I'll ask someone else but didn't mention about the other hours.
Despite all my years of therapy and training my mind, I can recognise all the wrong thinking patterns but at the end of the day I'm freaking out and my body is protesting even more so than usual :weep:
My 'all or nothing' thinking is telling me to just hand my notice in or go to the Dr's and ask for a sick note until they get more staff but I know I need to deal with my lack of assertiveness not just run away and I also don't want to drop my work colleagues even more in the crap either :(
I know people don't have a magic wand or the answers but it really does help to get it out on here.
I'm going through a really stressful time at the moment with some family issues and work pressure.
I work part time in a shop but we are so understaffed at the moment people leaving, on the sick, on holiday. So I'm doing what I can to help out. The way our rota works is online, I checked yesterday and as well as an 11 hour shift that I was dreading, they've put me in the sat 11hrs then sun 4 hrs ( my usual shift time) then Monday 8hrs then Tuesday 8hrs.
Living with anxiety is exhausting and painful sometimes so working is sometimes a challenge.
I have been working myself up into a tizz thinking about going in and asking the manager to take me off some of them shifts but before I could do that she rang and asked if I could do two more!! So when I said I was going to come talk to her anyway because I was finding it too much she just said ok I'll ask someone else but didn't mention about the other hours.
Despite all my years of therapy and training my mind, I can recognise all the wrong thinking patterns but at the end of the day I'm freaking out and my body is protesting even more so than usual :weep:
My 'all or nothing' thinking is telling me to just hand my notice in or go to the Dr's and ask for a sick note until they get more staff but I know I need to deal with my lack of assertiveness not just run away and I also don't want to drop my work colleagues even more in the crap either :(
I know people don't have a magic wand or the answers but it really does help to get it out on here.