Have had 4 days off now anxious

ohmeowzer RN, RN · Feb 6, 2009

i tend to worry about things like you. but i have found as i have gotten older , worrying is a waste of time. believe me if you did anything that wrong they would be calling you. when i worry i try to put it out of my mind, or call a friend to talk about it. i use to loose sleep and finally i decided .. i am not loosing a good nights sleep over something i can't control.

put good thoughts in your mind. push out the negative thoughts. when anxiety comes into your mind tell your self everything will be okay, and have faith things will be okay.

i use to worry about work , kids, bills , my parents, patients ectra.. finally i decided to put it in the Lord's hands. If it's something i can't control then i go out for a walk , do yard work etra.

tommrow will come soon enough. everything will be okay. if you did anything that wrong, they would call you up. you are only human and we all make mistakes. if you made a mistake , then you made a mistake, so what?? i send you lots of hugs and go do something.

tell me what happens at work tommrow. know you are not alone and you have lots of friends.

Batman24 · Feb 6, 2009

Only worry about what you can control. I worry a lot too and that is what I am trying to do this year. If someone wrote you up, you made a mistake, etc. you can't control it. You also can't do anything about it from home. Enjoy your days off. You work hard and deserve to have peace and happiness when off!! :)

Whispera, MSN, RN · Feb 6, 2009

I tend to try to lock my work thoughts into my locker at work so they don't interfere with home. Home matters more since I work to live, not live to work.

My mom had a saying that I think fits alot of worry-situations: "don't should on yourself!"

kambra · Feb 9, 2009

I was speaking to my sister about why I constantly feel anxious to go to work and feel like I am about to be fired. I think she made a good point. It is a conditioned response. Everytime I have been written up, I had NO warning had been off for a couple days prior to it, no verbal warning, no warning at all, nothing. Everyone acted like they normally do then bamb after the mgrs leave for the day, my supervisor gives me the write up. Even this last one, I worked a double. I worked from 7am to 11pm. It was not till 4pm right before the mgrs were leaving did I get called into the DON's office to get my write up. They waited all fing day. It is like they sneak attack you. my boss kept telling me document document documentafter my last write up I document everything, I did that and they even said it was not right and the wound was there. I had documented on the tx sheet, progress notes, and braden page. It is kinda like if soemone walks up to you everyday at 4 pm and punches you, at like 3:45 your gonna get anxious just waiting for the punch. I am REALLY REALLY trying not to be nutso, but it is so hard, especially cause I am the only working person in my home. Hubby has been laid off for 4 months and can not get a damn job.

Just thought I would share, just trying to work through it.