Self-Sufficiency Syndrome in the Workplace

Do you get up every morning, sit on the side of the bed and wonder how you’re going to get through the workday – you have so much to do? Perhaps you didn’t sleep well cause the lists kept rolling in your head or if you did sleep, you dreamed of being swamped by a wave?

Now awake, you head for the coffee pot, just to get that jolt that will get you going. Oh boy, have I been there. In fact, I DID burn out. I started having panic attacks.

I knew I was on overwhelm -I felt anxious most of the time, on edge, stomach problems too. But I’d always felt invincible. In fact, I looked like I had it all together, like I didn’t need anyone or anything. I looked bullet-proof and I was proud of that image. Others looked up to me for it. After all, isn’t that the American cultural icon?

When someone needed advice or resources, who did they head to – moi, of course. I prided myself on that  too, never realizing I was setting myself up for disaster just because I could not utter four little words: I need your help!

On this blog, I’ll discuss what I found after my panic attacks began and I made the decision to look at all the wreckage strewn around me and try to understand why, where and how this had come about.

I’ll tell you this – it was life changing! Come with me as I share my journey from living a self-defeating set of behaviors to feeling free.

Peggy

 

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