Anxiety and Panic Attacks

It may be that it is time to investigate the possibility that
although our work environments seem so dissimilar, the stories about being fired, and fear of being fired, appear to be connected to our common personality “disorder”

I will be “celebrating” the one year anniversary of getting fired from the last job. I loved the work, and the people I worked with, for the most part. I felt like I was ousted unjustly, and I could tell you stories to defend my version of everything. But most of you have been through similar issues, and can easily imagine my story.

After exhausting state disability, I have applied for Social Security
Disability. I have a long medical history with panic attacks and agoraphobia, and long relationships with doctors and counselor who have been filing papers for me. I also had to answer a questionaire, where they asked about my work relationships, my attitude towards authority figures, if I had been fired for misconduct.

It was very hard for me to answer those questions, I don’t have the insight to explain why I feel I am acting in one way, while other people are reading my actions totally differently.

I know being social in and out of the work environment is the hardest part of my life.I know that it is connected to to all the other issues I have. I have stopped blaming other people for not understanding or liking me, when I don’t understand or like me all the time either. It is part of what we are and we need to own it.

Overcoming Panic Attacks
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