hey all,

It was my first day of my work experience for school and things didn't go so well.

The people there are awesome to start off with, no complaints there, but I have a severe anxiety disorder (bi-polar) and new experiences get me worked up. This time it got bad though, really bad.

Whenever I start a new job I get insanely nervous. The day started out good, but then they kind of put me in the spot where I didn't know what to do. I got overwhelmed and got flustered, which leads to panic, which leads to getting sick. I was pouring sweat and ended up vomiting in the washroom. My hands were shaking and my heart was going a mile a minute.

These are normal anxiety feelings, but these feelings got stronger when I was put in a situation where I didn't know what to do. Usually it goes away, but this time it got to the point where I got sick.

I was only there for 2 hours before I had to ask to come home. It felt like the flu, but now that I am somewhat calmed down, I am feeling better. Not a good impression asking to home only 2 hours into my shift on my first day.

So I ask you people, is there any breathing techniques or anything that you do to keep your mind and head straight when starting a new job?

I know I know, just smoke weed right? Well I did that and it turned me into a spacecase, so getting high before work is not an option.

I know being nervous on your first day is normal, but I couldn't function due to being so nervous, so what do some of you do to keep yourself functioning?

Any help would be great! I am going back tomorrow and I can't have a repeat of today. The guy was cool about it and let me go home for the day, seeing as that I'm not getting paid to work there, it's not as big a deal.

Thanks for any help people!
Nochowderforyou Reviewed by Nochowderforyou on . Ways of dealing with work anxiety/stress hey all, It was my first day of my work experience for school and things didn't go so well. The people there are awesome to start off with, no complaints there, but I have a severe anxiety disorder (bi-polar) and new experiences get me worked up. This time it got bad though, really bad. Whenever I start a new job I get insanely nervous. The day started out good, but then they kind of put me in the spot where I didn't know what to do. I got overwhelmed and got flustered, which leads Rating: 5