Returning to work

[Flipmartin]

I’ve been out from work on medical leave since about the middle of January. Mainly due to my anxiety. I’m due to return to work tomorrow and I can already feel the anxiety building. I’m trying to keep myself calm, focus on my breathing and all that, but still I’m anxious. I’m sure everything will go fine, but the “what if’s” running through my head are the worst.

 

[triceps]

I’ve been out from work on medical leave since about the middle of January. Mainly due to my anxiety. I’m due to return to work tomorrow and I can already feel the anxiety building. I’m trying to keep myself calm, focus on my breathing and all that, but still I’m anxious. I’m sure everything will go fine, but the “what if’s” running through my head are the worst.

Hi Flipmartin. I've been there many, many times. Every weekend would bring on the "return to work" anxiety so I certainly feel badly for you. The only thing that worked at all for me was distraction of some sort. Getting lost in something on the computer where I'd come up with some subject I was interested in, google it and then find out everything I could about that subject. It might be something like living off the grid (something I'd never do but it burned up many hours finding out about how they do it).

 

[Concernedgal]

I stayed out of work for for a long time. I had a discussion with my employer and he was understanding. He started me off at 1 day a week...and then slowly but, surely he increased my hours slowly. My advice to you is if you are nervous about going back to work. .you have to wean yourself back into it. You can't just go back a deal with full stress all at once. Please take my advice...and wean yourself slowly back into your job. Your nerves have to get used to it again. I have lived it.