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Thanks. Your response helps.

• sjg007 6y ago
  Thanks! You’re welcome. Glad to have done something helpful. A key part of it is to write down on paper what you think will happen, rate it on a scale of 100% and then provide evidence for that claim and then assess how likely is it that the bad thing would happen. The key part is to write this stuff down. Chronic anxiety can lead to depression etc... this happens when people feel trapped. You have no debt so I’d say you aren’t stuck in a job if you really hate it. If you are in the Bay Area, I’d recommend the feeling good institute. They have intensive programs if you are up for them that take a week. I’ve never done one but I follow their podcast with David Burns etc... Some anxieties are things we have to confront that we put off. Almost like phobias. So if you are say anxious about being in conflict you need to practice being in conflict and visualize it. You can role play these things and do role reversal etc... lots of great tools to learn. One thing in business is that if you identify a systematic or existential risk, you shouldn’t shoulder it alone. The business should have a team and a process around the risk. Then an individual can only manage so much risk and needs to delegate etc... or at least give it some prioritization. If the business can’t do that then you have to ask yourself if you want to be in that business and if you have the means/role to get them to where they should be. These are kind skills you can learn on the job, with a performance coach, or in therapy! You should be able to push back on unreasonable demands.