Hi,
I work in sales and have been woking hard
for 2 years in a sales role where I talk
to poeple all day and manage others in a
very busy environment. 18 months ago I had
pain in my throat brought on by stress and
now the pain has ingrained itslef in my
left chest. The pain is constant and
sometimes agony to lay down at night. The
pain can also spread to my middle back. My
sternom can be very tender to touch and
coughing and sneezing very painful with a
kind of snapping or clicking of my ribs
when I do.
I do not belive it is my heart but am
convinced it is from being under constant
stress and presuure. I have a history of
addiciton and have been abstinent for 7
years but my addiciton can play out in
other areas such as work. I have taken on
a new role that is not face to face sales
and frontline management, but the pressure
still gets to me.
Does anyone have any experience of
recovering from this? I would appreciate
any techniques, books, courses, medication
that I could try to help me move forward
and recover. I have to be really careful
with mood altering medication due to my
addictive nature.
Thank god for this site too as this is the
first place I have read about poeple with
similar experiences.
Cheers,
Alroy
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The Ginger 1
Supporter
Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Loony-tune-land, England
Posted: 07-11-07 18:40pm
Hi Alroy
You like to be busy and you are a
dedicated member of your team at work.
For you to relax your body, will probably
counteract the stress you are contantly
putting your body and mind thru.... I'm
not telling you to give up work or take
time off, perhaps you could speak to your
bosses, line manager, and request that due
to some work stress, you'd need to take
less responsibilty, just try it for a
couple of months .... I've not been
stressed to your extreme, however, I have
been depressed thru work, I try and listen
to good music, sing along if it helps you
relax, eat plenty veg n fruit .. talking
this thru with a supportive boss may help
them help you...
Good luck and remember to breath and take
a step back from it for a bit.....
Angie
