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It doesn't make sense!

Started by recluse · Jan 18, 2008 · 4 replies

#1
I get extroverted moments at work sometimes, like today i was really hyperactive and happy, and joking around with workmates yet as soon as i am home and at weekends i avoid people. I have noticed that if i am stressed at work and have a ton of work to do i feel more chatty and confident, i don't know if it's adrenaline because of stress which makes me this way. I wish i was the same out of work but i'm just a sad loner when i am home.
#2
Its common I assume to be as such after a depressive state, something to focus on during like work as you said can bring one out of such a thing.

Its pretty unbalanced, but hey... depression is just that. Unbalanced.

Well, thats what I think of it.
#3
recluse said:
I get extroverted moments at work sometimes, like today i was really hyperactive and happy, and joking around with workmates yet as soon as i am home and at weekends i avoid people. I have noticed that if i am stressed at work and have a ton of work to do i feel more chatty and confident, i don't know if it's adrenaline because of stress which makes me this way. I wish i was the same out of work but i'm just a sad loner when i am home.
Interesting, my anxiety always increases dramatically when working ( especially among other people). When I'm alone I feel much better, especially when reading a book (or working out).

But when I do nothing, I feel miserable; when I'm 'staring' at my pc for example. You just have to be 'busy' when alone. I have promised myself that I'll read more often. But I also plan to go outside more often, it's really necessary.

I'm just doing voluntary work at the moment, but I know for certain I would become a happy person, if I ever found a job that suits me, and which is not particularly stressful. I simply can't handle too much stress.
#4
At work I have times that I feel like this is never going to work and I should just give up, and other times that I feel the opposite and it's all going to be great. I might even talk a bit. I can go from one to the other over the course of the day.

It feels pretty much out of my control, sometimes it's a good day, sometimes it's a bad day. Don't know what makes it change so much, but it does help if I can get in a "morning/how are you" when people turn up. Naturally the good days are rarer...
#5
I think that when i am really rushed off my feet i have no time to think about being anxious.

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