I always believe I am sick at work, can't get myself to believe it's just anxiety.

nxmxr · Post by **nxmxr** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:05 am

I don't know what to do. My ongoing anxious thought is that I am sick. I always think while I am at work that I am genuinely sick.
A few weeks ago I actually WAS sick and threw up. I ate something bad or had a stomach bug. I went to the bathroom and did it and that was all.
And yet I am still terrified. If I am sick, I am sick but I'm probably not!
I've never vomited from my anxiety... Why would I think I would now? Especially when I have felt worse?

I think my problem is that I am -not- looking at this uncomfortable feeling in my stomach as being anxiety when I should because it IS. No matter what I look at it like I must really be sick.

If I could just BELIEVE this is fully a symptom of my anxiety (it's my symptom for sure!) then I would maybe relax! But I can't believe it! I really always believe I am sick.

I don't know how to attack this... I am sure I'm hungry... And so maybe mixed with my anxiety it's making me feel worse. So I eat, breakfast at my desk at work, bland things, I can barely eat them! So I am creating a really uncomfortable stomach situation and I can't. Get. Out.

I feel this way every day at work since October, I can't get myself to understand that I am not going to be sick and have to leave, that I'm just anxious. But even times I know it's my anxiety, it doesn't help either... I'm just stuck. I can't figure this out!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:41 am

I'm sorry you're feeling so lousy! I've had many days of feeling sick at work, so I can sympathize.

The way I see it, anxiety is going to increase the volume until it gets your attention and you deal with it. The more you try to repress it, the louder it will yell. Hopefully, this course will help you attack the causes of your anxiety and manage it better...

What do you eat and drink before you go to work?Is your digestion well-functioning? It's possible to get very, very sick feeling from digestive issues... and they could be triggered by what you do the night before or the same morning.