How to stop associating anxiety with certain things?

[Overthinker918]

For some reason whenever new people join our team at work, and I am responsible for training them / showing them how to do things, it causes me a lot of anxiety.

This is despite there is actually nothing to feel anxious about on the surface - I know my stuff like the back of my hand, the new people have always been nice, it’s not like I am presenting in front of a huge group….

But today I was going through something and I basically had an anxiety attack I think where I physically felt like I couldn’t carry on explaining stuff. I nearly said I am sorry I need to go outside I don’t feel well, but I sort of powered through. I haven’t had this rush of anxiety for a while and now I am so worked up about feeling that like, I am getting anxious about further explaining things. There is no rationale in my head for this….

Is CBT effective for this kind of thing? I think I am going to try that rescue remedy spray too.

I am on anti-depressants already and have been on the same dosage for over 2 years.

Bump?

I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for 30 years. I think the fact that your anxiety is connected to a pretty specific circumstance means CBT would probably work very well for you as you can tailor it to the specific situations you feel anxiety in.

IMO it is better to try and tackle it with therapy before increasing/changing medication, but thats only because I feel that long term therapy is more helpful and more likely to enable you to live life as you need to.

The fact that you powered through is key.
You can do it, your brain just wants to lie.
When that happens to me I allow the feeling then remember every single time I've done the same thing and done it well with no issues.
Gotta remember our brains can lie to us.

Cbt only worked a bit for me.
I generally stop, close my eyes and slow my breathing. Thus usually happens if I stay too long in a shop, so online is a godsend and I only go for the bits they don't deliver and use the barcode reader thingy so I can motor around and not queue.
When I've been in a situation that involves people (urgh), I generally stay in the room for as long as I can, then announce I need a break and stand out in the fresh air until my brain stops fizzing.
A brain fart at home involves a long weird decision conversation with my ds, so he can make my choice because my brain won't let me.

Arse biscuits. THIS not thus.