The next part, waiting, just requires patience, and a lot of compassion for yourself. Practice radical acceptance: In other words? Know that you will be OK regardless of the outcome. Celebrate no matter what: It helps to have a plan to celebrate regardless of how the interview went.
Make a plan with a friend to grab dinner or drinks after the interview. Doing something positive no matter how the experience went can give you something to look forward to, and having a friend available to give you perspective will help mitigate your anxiety.
The last thing you want to do is go home alone and have the interview on replay in your head for the entire night! I appreciate the opportunity. Those who are conducting your interview have all been interviewees at one point, and know how anxiety-producing an interview can be.
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I use to take four mg before when I was under a lot of stress when my first husband was dieing of lung cancer. Hugs, Karen. Pamela Neckpain Veteran Member. I've taken it for 25 years. Unfortunate for me, but very very true. Mazfire, I think you're a genius. Thank you. I do battle with intractibe pain also.
We need you on the side of people with pain also. It's terrible to be misunderstood and we are. Yes, everyday in everyway.
Pamela Neckpain. I've never wanted to rely on meds to get me through the day. I learned to "control it" with a lot of therapy and scary, terrifying exposure therapy. Most addicts have underlying anxiety and depression. Self medicating is the same as medicating. I think we have to come to the conclusion that some people need medications to help them and some don't. I am happy for the ones who don't. More power to you. But there are some of us who need medications. I have taken xanax for over 20 years and it never has stopped working for me.
So saying that they quit working is not true. Besides as Kitt said, this post was asking "should I take my xanax before the interview? This thread was started by somebody who feels this interview is very important to them. So I say, go for it, do whatever helps at the moment. Please don't compare us to somebody who would self medicate.
Some of us need medications and can lead a very productive life taking them to keep us sane. Sorry if I rubbed anybody the wrong way. We all have our own way of coping. Some need meds, some don't. If you can get through things with out medications, you are very fortunate. But don't put down the people who do, or compare them to a drug addict.
I thought it would come with more practice but each new interview has not been easier or better than the last. Do you have anxiety more generally, and have you ever seen a doctor about it?
Have you ever had CBT, or been on anti-anxiety medicine? This might seem extreme, but I don't think it actually is: talk to your doctor about some sort of anti-anxiety meds? If it's something you get a lot, maybe a more long-term solution CBT therapy, SSRIs , if it's really just situational like this, then perhaps beta-blockers like they give for stage fright. Response by poster: Just to clarify for the above posters Yes, I do have general anxiety issues.
In the course of daily life however very few if any? I have tried some light CBT and felt it did not work well for me. Have never tried meds. Yeah, just get a little 0. I have done that prior to job interviews and it's the quickest fix there is, it works, and you don't seem loopy obviously YMMV and many people dislike benzos for loopiness-related reasons.
It can be very uncomfortable at first, but it's a useful skill to have. Things like Toastmasters, a public speaking class at the community college, an improv class or comedy class, karaoke, etc. I find interviews and business presentations much less stressful because I am a hobbyist musician, and playing an instrument in front of people gave me a lot of opportunities to learn to relax or fake it under pressure.
If your doctor okays it, they can be super useful at dulling the appearance of nervousness - sweaty palms, unsteady voice, quick breathing, etc. For me, they slow time a bit and can kind of cut that feedback loop of "I'm nervous, now I'm appearing nervous, which is making me more nervous.
They don't affect my brain or cognitive abilities at all. I take them maybe once every several months, for super-important negotiation meetings or high-stress interviews. If you do have general anxiety issues that just get ramped up in situations anyone would get anxious about such as job interviews, then talking to your doctor about anti-anxiety drugs is one way to go but I find that people are generally over-medicated these days, so that should be a last resort even if does work.
There are other solutions. Just google "anti anxiety tips" or the like. There are also exercises you can practice to calm yourself, or to steel yourself in uncomfortable situations i. In the Four Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss talks about lying down on the sidewalk in public on a well-traveled street for a minute, then getting up and walking away.
A typical reason that people get extra-anxious in job interviews is when they're feeling desperate because e.
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