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Ask HN: How do you deal with paralyzing anxiety about your startup?
How do you get around what feels like a gigantic mental block when it comes to anything related to your startup? My anxiety about my company has gotten so bad, that at this point I can't even bring myself to open my text editor. It's not even that it's doing poorly - quite the opposite, thankfully - but that fact just seems to make it worse, if anything.
- oliwarner 10y agoI think you can probably afford some other avenues before you turn to "pharmaceutical aids". I'd suggest you talk to somebody about it. Family, an independent business advisor, take on a staff, or even split the business with a partner for direction. Just put yourself in a situation where you can get an opinion back on your ideas. But sure, if anxiety isn't new to you, there's no shame in talking to a doctor about it. It just wouldn't be my first suggestion. A good doctor should push you towards CBT anyway.
- PaulHoule 10y agosee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlafaxine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlafaxine
- brudgers 10y agoCurious about what the startup does and how far along it is.