Elizabeth B asked:
I was diagnosed with a host of anxiety and depression issues, ranging from General Anxiety Disorder to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to depression. I have been a mother and wife for eight years. In all this time I have never been able to keep a job for longer than a week or so because the panic attacks and anxiety are literally unbearable when I have tried to work in the past. My husband makes great pay, so his income has been enough. It’s not any longer and I need to find work. However, I’m scared to death at the thought of leaving the house on a regular schedule and being away from my daughter for eight hours a day, and am terrified I’ll end up under the control of the anxiety again. Added to that is the fact that I have no college or formal training, and suddenly work seems an impossible mountain.
I was diagnosed with a host of anxiety and depression issues, ranging from General Anxiety Disorder to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to depression. I have been a mother and wife for eight years. In all this time I have never been able to keep a job for longer than a week or so because the panic attacks and anxiety are literally unbearable when I have tried to work in the past. My husband makes great pay, so his income has been enough. It’s not any longer and I need to find work. However, I’m scared to death at the thought of leaving the house on a regular schedule and being away from my daughter for eight hours a day, and am terrified I’ll end up under the control of the anxiety again. Added to that is the fact that I have no college or formal training, and suddenly work seems an impossible mountain.
Does anyone have any advice and/or experience in this area?
Should have made this clear originally; I AM on meds and they are working well. Also, am in therapy with a great professional who’s helped worked wonders. I am definitely in treatment, am just afraid of getting that “sick” again.