I've messed up at work, sick with anxiety now

[EatingWormsMichael]

Hello I've been churning all day about this and am expecting a sleepless night.

I've fucked up at work, sent the wrong info to hundreds of people. They are now sharing the info with other people thinking its right. I tried to recall my message as soon as I realised, but was too late to completely shut it down.

I've spent the day trying to recall or fix somehow and now I'm dreading what the rest of the week will bring as my mistake comes to bite me on the arse. I was too scared to tell anyone,thinking I could make it right.

My day of panic means I've not done another piece of work which had to be done today. Sob.

I just want to call in sick and hide.

I'm alone so have nobody to talk to and my anxiety is spiralling.

You're human, you made a mistake. Let your manager know in the morning including the steps you've taken so far to make it right. This doesn't in any way change the way your manager should be treating you, and if it does, dont hesitate to call them out on it. Put it in perspective, it's not a life and death matter, deep breaths!

Thanks for the reassurance everyone. I'll call my manager in the morning and explain what's happened and how I'm fixing it xx

I slept for 4.5 hours. Fessed up and everything is fine. Thanks so much for talking me down xx

Fab update OP 👍