@duglop It's not a perfect fix, but in those moments where my thoughts get bad, I focus on my mindfulness training and watching my breathing. "I am breathing in, I am breathing out." Not control, just watch it, and let that fill up my thinking.
It can stave off an anxiety attack, sometimes.
@NiveusLepus I understand what you're talking about I'm not executive talking about situations like that I'm talking about coming home from work after a very frustrating shift and not being able to shut that frustration off because you know you're going to turn right around and walk back into the same bullshit
@duglop That would be tough. Is it just the holiday season being busy there, or has it be getting more miserable over time?
@NiveusLepus it's no different than any other stressful atmosphere at any job just different parameters, circumstances and situations.. and some days are just worse than others... yesterday started out great and then about 5 hours into the shift evil Monday appeared and things got chaotic... We always seem to make it happen so then they expect more out of us the next time...
@duglop Hard days are a function of any job that is true, but from my vantage, if work is making you consistently miserable, well, we only have so much time in the world, and I hate that you're miserable.
It sounds like you work in a highly skilled job, is there a chance of greener grass?
@duglop I was an OTR truck driver for a year and a half, and it seemed an unwritten rule of the universe that one shift could get you out quick as anything, and another shift, well, you better bring a book and get comfortable.
Experience counts so much in those trades. Over the course of a year, I progressed so far in my ability to work the truck it boggles me even now.
@NiveusLepus I can imagine, when I was a firefighter I drove a fire truck a few times but I just didn't have the feel for it...
@NiveusLepus yeah one shift can definitely make or break everything then again there's many days where we are missing two to three people and we're working two or three jobs besides our own position to make up for it... That happens at almost every job but some job situations are more difficult to work around when that happens.. I couldn't imagine a librarian going through a stressful situation like that and yet it happens