September 21, 2009

Work anxiety

Everyone has a past. Many things, events in the past can lead to anxiety. It's there all the time, or at least most of the time. The worst thing is, that it is the most visible in your work, especially if otherwise you love to do, what you do.
I like my job. I love it. I was ment to counsel, work with children, parents..., but I have a big problem with procrastination.
If you look to Wikipedija it says:
"Procrastination is a behavior which is characterized by the deferment of
actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a
mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting
or completing any task or decision. [1]
Psychology researchers also have three criteria they use to categorize
procrastination. For a behavior to be classified as procrastination, it must be
counterproductive, needless, and delaying.[2]
For
an individual, procrastination may result in stress, a sense of guilt, the loss of
personal productivity, the creation
of crisis and
disapproval from others for not fulfilling one's responsibilities or
commitments. These combined feelings can promote further procrastination. While
it is normal for people to procrastinate to some degree, it becomes a problem
when it impedes normal functioning. Chronic procrastination may be a sign of an
underlying psychological
disorder."
Hmmm, yes it's tough.
Getting up in the morning and worring about your job. I would just wish I was home again. I tried different ways of putting my anxiety to rest, but usually it helps only for a while.
To tell you the truth, I don't know what I'm so afraid of. I'm quite good at what I do. The problem is, it's very hard for me to do something new. Like I was afraid to step in a new direction. I do all the things I have to do at work, but I have this problem all my life- that I do things to quickly- a thing that takes my collegues a long time, I get it done fast, and than I feel I have no challenges any more, and I get depressed. I was a gifted child in almost anything I did: writing, drawing, dancing. I used to get very bored at school, and teachers gave me magasines to read during lessons, because they saw I was bored.
Maybe I need a new work challange. I guess after 6 years, I need a change.
Waw, writing blogs sure is helpful, to me- and I hope to someone else, too.
:)

1 comment:

  1. Hello Angelina , this a very nice blog A little hard to read but the message it is sublime.
    Just wanted to say hi' I hope you are having a nice weekend.
    Greetings from NY.

    The only constant It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

    Angel from New York

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