I've been at my current job for a year now and this has been the most excrutiating year of my life thus far! From working at this job, my anxiety has increased tremendously. I work in an open space work environment (bullpen, corral, etc.) and I must admit, I dread going in there everyday. I'm a social person and love people but get very anxious in these close space environments. For instance, sometimes when all the attention is focused on me, I blank out and freeze up. Sometimes I recover and sometimes I don't and that's the most anxious part; not knowing when it will happen.
I thank God for my earplug and my music! I don't know where I would be without it because it gets so quiet in there sometimes I feel like I might have an attack of tourettes syndrome (I don't actually have tourettes though). On the other hand, since it's open space environment (there's 4 people total in this room - including myself), people can come in freely to talk, chat, laugh... even when you're trying to concentrate on a deadline driven task. So it's very difficult to concentrate and people now a days are rude.
I don't mean to come off as negative but I was wondering if anyone else was going through this too. I've talked to alot of people in my office and they feel the same way. I would say about 60% of my office is "keeping their options open", along with myself. But I'm staying positive through it all and I'm glad that I have a job... I'm just sure there's a better one out there with more privacy
