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Not a doctor, but even if your generalized anxiety disorder is properly treated for everyday life, interviews are not everyday life, and are stressful for most
by avnigo 5y ago
Not a doctor, but even if your generalized anxiety disorder is properly treated for everyday life, interviews are not everyday life, and are stressful for most individuals without anxiety disorders too, so it's understandable to experience peak anxiety during those times.
Please talk to your doctor and see what they'd recommend for situations like this. I know even professional musicians and public speakers may take beta blockers for performance anxiety. Your doctor may recommend upping the dose of one of your sedatives on a day you've got interviews to counteract the increased base level anxiety you're experiencing because of the added stress.
Getting practice on more interviews may help in the long run, but today you may need to ask for advice from your doctor, given your anxiety disorder diagnosis.
Deep breaths, take a beat, and good luck! Most people don't even make it to the interview stage, so you're definitely doing something right! Let us know how it goes :)
- mcv 5y agoJob interviews are indeed stressful or anxiety inducing for most people, so it's hardly surprising that they're hell for anyone with an anxiety disorder. My advice for job interviews is: learn not to care too much. It's just a talk. There are other jobs out there. This is also why I think it's easier to look for a job while you have one, than when you're unemployed: the stakes are higher, and that's likely to hurt your performance. The irony is that you're more likely to land a job when you already have one than when you desperately need one. Of course when you find that perfect job at a specific company you love, all of this goes out the window because of the rarity of the opportunity.