is this normal and do i should give up or fight
My anxietuy were gone for the 2 years i quit taking paxil and i went and I got great job my dream job for airlines (working in gates) i went throu boot camp everysingle day test and test you dont pass you going home, I was fine just got episodes of attack during training but it went off.My sup say i am in top 5 employees and i got a lot of rewards, but for about 1 year my anxiety start coming back only in the morning just right before work i start at 4 am everysingle day do not have enough of sleep when i go to airport and i work the first flight i board then for the rest of the day the anxiety are gone and i am perfect i got very bad experience about 1 year ago and the thinking coming back to me. I try my best i smille i board the flight but inside me its like the war i try to calm down sometimes its work sometimes its not. Then i close the door and all its gone the thinking , also when there are cancelations i always work the flights i always get send to do them and i am fine it just the first flight what i need to work and when i wake up then the rest of the 12 flights i am great.Now i got change to throw the bags and be on the ramp and dont deal with customers but inside of me its saying its running away and hide but the second half say just give up the ellite line and do some lifting, Also every single 3 months i am taking transatlantics flights to europe for pleasure its 10 h over atlantics and everysingle time before i go to airport i strt thinking o my good its 10 h over over ocean and nonstop then i need to tarnsfer to second ac and another 3 h to go how i will survive , i will get sick (last time i got sick on plane was 10 years ago )my thinking is so bad that i am alredy to turn around, But now is funny thing i get to airport check the bags go throu security then i sit down on the plane door closed we push and all anxiety are gone. Nnd i enjoy my flight then when i come back its the same thing 1 day before i am impossible then on the day of flight its all gone So my question is do i should give up the gates or just deal with the first morning flight because the rest of the day i will be fine anyway
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Wow, tuptus12, you've got a lot going on! I say you go with what your heart tells you. I can't imagine doing a job that you are not passionate about. The anxiety is going to be there until you can learn to cope and push it aside for that first flight. So anyway, I say go with what your heart tells you.
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My advice is not to give up anything (assuming you like your job and it sounds like you do). If you give up dealing with the first flight and let your anxiety take away part of you life, then you'll probably just start panicking about something else. Then you will be tempted to give up that part of your life too. This pattern can continue to the point where you've given up nearly everything, which is the slippery slope to agoraphobia.
When you run away from things you fear, you just reinforce the fear. You're doing harm to yourself, not healing. And once you've given up some ground to anxiety, it's really hard to gain that ground back. Keep fighting and don't let your fears win.
Best of luck to you,
Jamie
My advice is not to give up anything (assuming you like your job and it sounds like you do). If you give up dealing with the first flight and let your anxiety take away part of you life, then you'll probably just start panicking about something else. Then you will be tempted to give up that part of your life too. This pattern can continue to the point where you've given up nearly everything, which is the slippery slope to agoraphobia.
When you run away from things you fear, you just reinforce the fear. You're doing harm to yourself, not healing. And once you've given up some ground to anxiety, it's really hard to gain that ground back. Keep fighting and don't let your fears win.
Best of luck to you,
Jamie
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