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  • November 2, 2017 at 4:57 am #176185
    Alien incident47
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    Teaching can be tough,  I’m not sure where you thought,  but a suggestion I have would be to look at teaching in a private school . The pay may not be as good but classes will be smaller and maybe less stressful.  Learn to deal with stress through meditation and calming your mind . This will take some time but as you learn to deal with stress you can look into teaching in larger classes.  Good luck

    November 2, 2017 at 6:41 am #176215
    Anonymous
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    Dear J:

    Anxiety does make life (including full time working) difficult, way more difficult than it can be otherwise.

    In July of 2016 you wrote: “I’m 26 with no kids, not married, and I don’t have any major responsibilities”- but I get the feeling that you do feel very responsible, as an only (now adult) child, responsible for your mother. Am I correct? If so, will you tell me about it?

    anita

    November 2, 2017 at 3:16 pm #176307
    J
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    Well, I don’t feel responsible for my mom in a way that I have to care for her. She’s not sick or anything. It’s just that I’m scared that if/when I leave home, something will happen to her or me and I won’t be able to do anything about it. It also does not help that now I’m out of a job. I don’t like asking people for money, or for people giving me money. I don’t want her to think that I can’t take care of myself.

    November 3, 2017 at 4:08 am #176361
    Anonymous
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    Dear J:

    I re-read your posts and our communication from July 2016. It is my understanding that your anxiety has its roots in your relationship with your mother. You indicated there that she is a Type A personality and also that she is clingy and overbearing. You are very much afraid that something will happen to her or to yourself if you are not living with her or very close to her. Any discussions on this with your then therapist (you no longer attend?)

    anita

    November 3, 2017 at 5:14 am #176367
    Anonymous
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    November 3, 2017 at 8:39 pm #176399
    J
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    No. I haven’t talked to my therapist in a while. The last time I talked to her, I had had a panic attack and was struggling with my anxiety. But I wasn’t really having any work issues or issues with my mom at that time.

    November 4, 2017 at 4:29 am #176407
    Anonymous
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    Dear J:

    Dealing with anxiety, which I believe is the cause for many of your struggles, needs to include management skills, for example, practicing the skill of Mindfulness (you can read about in the Home Page of this website, and elsewhere) and insight into the past. Our relationships with our parent/s in the past, as we were growing up, are most powerful in our lives.

    anita

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