Re: Panic/Nausea At WORK!
Nausea is nausea, plain and simple. Anxiety nausea IS nausea, you are nauseous. HOWEVER, the difference is that 1. it is caused solely by anxiety, hence YOU can make it go away and 2. you will not vomit from it.
A good assumption is that 99.9999% of the time, with emets, it is purely anxiety nausea. It is hard to tell the difference, I know. But part of facing this fear is saying ok, logically this is most likely anxiety nausea. Because I felt it yesterday, and the day before, and the week before, and I was fine all those times. I know it's really hard to trust that you are fine, but more than likely you are.
Are you allowed to listen to an ipod while working on the palettes? Scaredsick is right that the easiest way to get your mind off it is to keep busy. Please try to only take anti nausea meds as a last possible resort. Think of holding off on your meds as a way of fighting your fear. And I always try to go one hour at a time. I think "if I go one more hour, I can see if I need the meds again." Then, I evaluate in an hour, and do it again. Usually, I get through the whole shift by challenging myself not to take them.
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