Working on My PC gives me Anxiety : /

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elliot_

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I wanna learn SEO and start a blog. I know it takes lots of trials and errors. I am willing to write a lot and learn.

But when I sit on my home PC it gives me anxiety and I feel the need to walk around, lie down and/or drink water. I feel like jitters.
And if I sit on my PC too much I start getting chest pains and need to take meds like klonopin (clonazepam), but these are addictive and I don't wanna turn into a drug addict...

This doesn't happen to me at work. In the office PC I work at.

Anyone else have this same problem?
Is it possible to fix myself so I don't get anxiety at my home PC?
 
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When you work at office, you have the security of getting wages. On the other hand, when you work for yourself, there is an uncertainity if what you do would make any money. So,find a full time or part time job that would take care of your necessities. Don't pressure yourself with the thought of making money, rather enjoy the process of learning some new skills. Once you get the initial breakthroughs, your confidence of learning new things/ taking risks would increase and you won't feel anxious.
 
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Marko T said:
You should get yourself a girl
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Worst advice, girls take lot of time and thoughts,

I was like you, and what I did was, changed location of my pc to another room, where I didn't had a bed, and thought about it like an office.

Pains and all that stuff will go away eventually, that's a psychological thing, you are just lazy, you have to teach yourself a good lesson, and prove yourself that you are capable of working from your PC as from office.

Maybe there are other problems, as smoking a cigs, or weed, or consuming other drugs, not getting enough sunshine, thinking about other problems, thinking that you are a loser.

Just keep yourself at the desk and do what you should do! After few weeks all will be good!

Oh, and yes, STOP CRYING! START WORKING!

Good luck!
 
You should give yourself time and start slowly, this means taking breaks, drinking lots of water, and going for walks if necessary.
Try to find something that works for you. There's no rule that you need to sit for 8 hours.
 
Shiny object is fine. Makesure that you are just better then the previous day. and are doing something productive that is taking you forward. one step at a time.
 
There are limitations when l try to work on my laptop at home. There are three things I do:
1. Work outside where there's lots of fresh air;
2. I pack my stuff and go to the library- I concentrate a lot in the library.
3. Talk to GOD about it.

I wish you all the best
 
elliot_ said:
I wanna learn SEO and start a blog. I know it takes lots of trials and errors. I am willing to write a lot and learn.

But when I sit on my home PC it gives me anxiety and I feel the need to walk around, lie down and/or drink water. I feel like jitters.
And if I sit on my PC too much I start getting chest pains and need to take meds like klonopin (clonazepam), but these are addictive and I don't wanna turn into a drug addict...

This doesn't happen to me at work. In the office PC I work at.

Anyone else have this same problem?
Is it possible to fix myself so I don't get anxiety at my home PC?
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I'm not a doctor, so take this as you will. However, that sounds more like ADHD than anything else. I have several friends in the industry that couldn't focus on more than 1 thing for 5 minutes before being diagnosed with ADHD & taking the medication as prescribed.

I would say that's something you should speak to your doctor/psychiatrist about.
 
I would suggest you to see a professional, maybe your surroundings are not very much work friendly. Try changing your place while working, this might help.
 
i also have undiagnosed ADHD, and I have figured out pros and cons of it and how to utilize it.
It gives ability for extreme focus and level of mental concentration but under condition that you really care about the task and love it, mostly from the curiosity and solve the puzzle standpoint.
This leaves you open to addiction vulnerabilities such as video games, especially if they have plenty of fine-tuning and optimization.
I love lego bricks for example and can put them together for hours.

If you don't like the task, amount of energy needed is just way above the median. It doesn't matter if you are capable of doing it easily, avoidance kicks in in all forms.

Solution is simple, you just have to love the task itself, and you'll turn into hardcore grinder.
If you are cornered to thing you don't like, there is a trick to it, you have to lie yourself how cool and interesting it is. Try to pretend/role play a person who likes that type of task. I know it sounds stupid but it works much better than just saying i have to do this. "I have to do this" doesn't work it just triggers avoidance.
 
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Wow! So many good tips and advice. Nothing there for me to add. As a Content Writer I did fine, but the moment it came to social media, my stomach would roll over. At office work, till I learnt Hashtags, FB posts, captions for graphics, time stood still and I always watched the clock. Everything the same as you mentioned, anxiety, jitters, ... but once I understood, everything vanished.

Initial hiccups are there for everyone, especially in a new arena. As others said, don't try too hard. Take baby steps and you should be fine.

And the last, don't run away.
 
You're probably just overwhelmed. It's a lot to learn.

Best advice I got was to make a to do list for everything. Start with the easy stuff, scratch things off your list, and work to the harder stuff.

Make an outline of what you need to learn first. Spend 1 week on it, max. From there decide on what you want to build and make an outline with the steps you need to get it done. Don't try to do it all at once. Start with baby steps and work your way up.

Best of luck on your journey!
 
+1 go see a analyst or doctor

There's medication for this sort of thing. Also keep healthy, do sports. That helps too.
 
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