tashg
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Post by tashg on Jul 31, 2014 13:56:26 GMT
I have been so panicky today. Work massive backlog, HR involved, and I sent in a report just now to have it rejected by my manager. I'm supposed to be on holiday since Monday and my partner is there and looking after the kids, one of whom broke her wrist yesterday and he needs my help and support. And I AM NOT THERE. I am supposed to get the rewrite done by 5 and I've just started it again now - and it's 3. GOD. Feel so boxed in and desperate. pLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU DO WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO YOU? I had to get out of the house because my brain was just spiralling out of control, went to get something at the shop. My mum just came over and brought me soup, bless her. It feels like a housefire and I don't know how to calm myself. I feel like I just need to let it all out for a day but I can't because I don't have time to do that, have to keep it all in.
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Post by sw on Aug 3, 2014 18:19:47 GMT
Tashg, I feel your anxiety very strongly and I know that feeling. It can be a vicious cycle, because a lot of the time the work backlogs I have are a direct result of my own inability to manage time properly and a failure to focus, and so I start beating myself up which just makes it even worse. I think in the situation you describe, if it happens again, I would definitely get up and let your nervous energy out through exercise for 30 minutes - a really brisk walk, or a jog if you can, or some yoga/pilates if you are at home with a mat. Then try some breathing exercises in the moment if you feel it taking over. Breathe deeply in for 3 seconds, hold it for 3 seconds, exhale for 3 seconds, and repeat.
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Post by tashg on Aug 5, 2014 21:08:42 GMT
thank you sw. very helpful. I'm in a similar position this week - got 2 off the table last week, thank god for the meds just started. right now I need to do about 30 hours work in 12 working hours to get another 4 done by tomorrow night as I am going on leave on Thursday and it is just not possible to take any work on holiday this time... just want to clear this backlog and start again!! Trying not to panic and howl too much!
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Post by contrarymary on Aug 6, 2014 7:50:44 GMT
i just recently read about standing up and stamping - one foot and then the other - as a way to get out of the mind and grounded in the body again when feeling too stressed to function. or lying on the floor and waving legs in the air like a baby. weird but it somehow enables the brain to let go and the body to not feel so "rabbit in the headlights" good luck tashg this too will pass
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