Work is causing my alot of anxiety recently but I wonder if it’s just me or the job.

I started working at a coffee shop chain when I was 16 and by last year I was a store manager. I was thrown into the role and hated it, it caused me such stress that I left. I have had a couple of other jobs but always ended up back at the coffee shop.

Since the manager role, I left permanently last April and now work in property management for a letting agent. It’s been ok so far but over the last month or so my anxiety has risen greatly. It’s a phone based role, helping tenants and landlords with maintenance mainly and their security deposits. Lately my anxiety is rising so much that I just don’t want to be here, I don’t want to do it. When I worry about something, rather than tackle it, my first instinct is to run away and im starting to think about leaving just so I don’t have to do this anymore. The upper management want us to make 40 calls a day and not only do I not have enough work, I can’t do that. My anxiety won’t let me, I don’t want to do it.

When I applied here, I actually applied for an inspector role, someone who visits properties and does the reports. That job was made redundant at the last minute and they offered me this instead. So i took it. I liked it initially but I never know what’s going to happen, who I’ll have to call and deal with and I just can’t do it. I keep hoping that the current inspector will leave so I can apply for her job.

I’ve spoken to HR who are going to speak with my manager for me. Luckily she is lovely but I know that I cant just not make calls or do certain things because that’s my job. You can’t tell a policeman he doesn’t have to arrest anyone because it gives him anxiety!

I’m tempted to find a job away from the office, making calls sort of environment but my partner pointed out that every job has things that you hate doing. On the other hand, I never had anxiety at work until I was forced into management and now doing this job.

I just wanna run away and get a new job but I don’t know if that will help.

Another issue is that I do get bored in jobs quite quickly and like to do different things all the time. I applied for the other job because it was active and objective.