Does Anyone Else Feel Out of Their Depth?

[Upsidedowngoose]

My example is at work, but I want to understand how normal it is generally to feel like you’ve been given a responsibility that’s way above your capability, and for that feeling to be playing on your mind constantly?

I feel this at work at the moment (1 month into a new job), and I feel like at any moment, my manager will realise his mistake and cut his losses. I also have a peak season coming up and if things don’t go well it will just be proof that I can’t do my job.

I’ve got that pit of the stomach anxiety all the time at the moment, it’s saturday, I have the day and the house to myself but I’m struggling not to cry

I just can’t shake it, does anyone else ever feel like this?

Sorry, can’t be of much help but reading your post it strikes me you could be suffer from Impostor syndrome : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

Yep, times a million. We all do, I think!

Just keep repeating that they wouldn't have given you the job if they didn't think you could do it.

Imagine how Theresa May feels! And how Donald Trump would feel if he had the gift of brains!

Lol yeah parenting.

Totally normal for a new job. It just means you're still finding your feet and care about doing a good job and making a good impression.

I've just come out the other side at 6 months in .

So it can go away? I really really want this job to work out, I love the people and the role and the work.

I just don’t think I have the resilience and the experience for it

Of course it goes away, or at least enough that it stops making you feel shit and just keeps you from getting complacent and stop learning.

You're doing this job because you are qualified and capable. It will take time to adjust and get the comfy grooves in your brain that let you do the routine stuff without thinking so you can concentrate on the stuff you need to.

In the early weeks nothing feels routine or easy so you can get overwhelmed. It will pass.