Addressing the hidden struggle of workplace anxiety

WHEN you wake up and dread going to work, or if you are working from home and you don't want to switch on your laptop, you may be suffering from workplace anxiety.

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A form of stress that is related to your job, colleagues, or work environment that, without a doubt, hinders your performance, happiness, and health.

This can cause depression about your tasks and deadlines and nervousness about interacting with your boss and colleagues, which can lead to burnout, tension, and coming up with excuses rather than solutions.

Persistent worry can cause mistakes, missing deadlines, and physical symptoms such as stomach problems, sleep issues, overor under-eating, and so forth.

A risky cycle. High-pressure environments, especially sales roles, toxic cultures, uncertainty about job security, and having oversold your skills elevate and trigger your anxiety. Workplace anxiety becomes less when the threat disappears.

This means that your anxiety may not be constant. For example, you have reached your sales target, the stress lessens, and you give yourself a break, but come next quarter, the stress starts again. While reading this article, perhaps also self-assess if you are in the right job and howit affects your health and family life.

Work-related anxiety often feels uncontrollable and debilitating. Dealing with it on the job is not easy, but you need to get it under control. When you start adopting self-sabotaging behav-iours and habit-forming manners such as missing strategic meetings on purpose, steering away from one-on-ones with your boss, avoiding clients and not being present, it is time to step up.