Struggling with forcing myself to work

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I have been having CBT for anxiety which has mainly been centred around work.

It has helped massively and my anxiety has eased significantly but now I’m left with this huge feeling of not wanting to work.

My previous anxiety was based around not being as good as my peers, worrying about making mistakes and being out of my depth.

Now I don’t feel anxious, I just wake up everyday with a sense of I don’t want to do it, don’t want to log on, don’t want to do anything to do with work. I procrastinate hugely or just don’t get enough done.

I can’t afford to feel this way, I need my job and have to work.

Just wondering has anyone else felt this way and what they’ve done about it. All I can think about is quitting but I can’t do that.

Wondering whether anyone has any experience of this at all?

What sort of job is it? Can you look for a different job that you might enjoy more?

I don’t know if it’s the job or my anxiety changing into something else so I’m wary of making rash decisions.

I’m an accountant but can’t say I have ever loved being an accountant.

Fair enough. Have you had any counselling to talk about the anxiety? It might be good to have someone to talk through what’s at the root

Yep sorry just re read your first post! Are you still doing CBT?

I was like this. I ended up going for ill health retirement.

I'd say a hell of a lot of people don't want to go to work, hate it , dread it, and such but just go and do it anyhow.
You can accept that you don't like it, but do it anyhow, or you can change jobs.