Work stress and anxiety

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I get stressed at work to the point it affects my well-being. Just cancelled my Saturday plans as I didn’t sleep all night.

At 6am today I woke up and the only thing I could do to ease my racing mind was to open my laptop and work. (I know this is an unhealthy coping tool.)

Was wondering if anyone else experiences this?

I have had professional help (CBT) and coaching which was great. I also moved from a high conflict job to a much easier job with better balance. (Although now I beat myself up that I am getting like this in the easy job - I know it’s my fault and not the job’s fault)

Just looking to hear from other people who are similar regarding work to feel like I’m not so tragic and alone.
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Yep. I feel like I’m losing my mind.

I messaged DH at 8am yesterday, after getting to work and logging on to see what my day looked like, and said “I already want to cry 😢”

I get in bed at night and my mind races about what has happened that day and what I need to do the following day. My propranolol use has increased and I’m having telephone counselling.

Yesterday I was so stressed and distraught that the pharmacy didn’t have my medication that I lost the plot (at home in private, not at them) but DH was so alarmed he phoned and spoke to the GP who gave him a number for the crisis team. I feel I’m slowly unraveling.

Yup. I've just resigned. I couldnt take yet another sleepless night or a spoilt weekend. I was too anxious to take holidays as I Couid not have faced returning to a shit show.

On the end I didn't even feel human. I decided life is too short and walked away and feel 20 years younger already.

I put on 5 stone in 2 years in a stressful job and went from a size 10 to 18. Quitting that job was thr best dsy of my life. Jobs are so demanding these days with such long hours that you don't havr time for what is important. P.S. do you drink coffee? It probably isn't helping.

Oh OP I really relate. I had this for years. Found work to be such an ordeal.

I started taking fluoxetine (Prozac) at the end of last year and in the last few weeks it has really started to help. I feel a lot calmer and able to cope. I used to regularly wake up at 3am fretting about work and not get back to sleep, now I still wake up but I go back to sleep.

I still feel anxious but can cope with it better.

May be something to consider. There are side effects and I know it's not something to be done lightly - I felt worse before I felt better - but I'd got to the point that I just couldn't manage.

I was like this and ended up on the sick for nearly 3 months with extreme anxiety because one day I started crying at work and I literally couldn't stop. For weeks. I am on medication and things were put in place at work to try and help but it's creeping back up again so I need to tell them about it. But I think going to your GP would be a start to tell them how your feeling.

Wishing you a relaxed weekend!
Turn your laptop off!
No working on your time off.
Working too many hours does make you inefficient.
Are you working from home? If so, try a clear cut off between work and home live.
I am feeling the heat too. Understaffed team, one just resigned, now need to train another, and trying to get approval to return the number of employees to pre-covid. The difficult part is to face all the emails and phone calls asking about the tasks still pending. I am here chilling, getting in the zone to just say sorry, we cannot cope with our current load, we are working on it.
Look after yourselves.

I am also hearing from you that you don't enjoy your job and don't have clear boundaries between work and home life. Also, you must have tons of emails to answer. Also sounds like you don't get to do much else other than work. Can you plan some other 'fun' activities into your week?
Get a massage, cook a favourite meal etc

Op I find the cinema a great was to get totally absorbed in something which stops my mind worrying about work but you have my sympathies. It happens to me a lot unfortunately

I relate to this OP, it is so interesting to hear other peoples stories. I used to have the best part time job in the world, although not the best paid for the industry I had great colleagues and bosses. Our company has been taken over and the transition means lots of changes and more responsibility for me. I am now stuck in a cycle of long hours, stress and anxiety. I start each week thinking this week I shall finish on time, not spend all night awake worrying about things and being stressed but it is not happening. Not sure what the answer is but I know I can't go on like this.