Hairdresser suffering with anxiety

[Starboltz]

As someone who suffers with anxiety, I've always wanted to hear from other hairdressers with the same problem.

I have anxiety daily, and not just 'normal' anxiety most people get now and again.

Do you find it affects you much in the salon? Sometimes I feel like it holds me back a lot, and would love some suggestions from you guys

 

[Lauren121]

I've never suffered personally and I hope the salon you work in supports you and helps you as I can see it would be hard especially when busy! (Sorry if I've not worded that in the right way) do you suffer more when it's a new client rather than a regular or are you the same with them both?

 

[Beansy]

As someone who suffers with anxiety, I've always wanted to hear from other hairdressers with the same problem.

I have anxiety daily, and not just 'normal' anxiety most people get now and again.

Do you find it affects you much in the salon? Sometimes I feel like it holds me back a lot, and would love some suggestions from you guys

If you haven't already, it might be worth asking your GP for a referral to this full support plan -

http://serene.me.uk

 

[babychops]

As someone who suffers with anxiety, I've always wanted to hear from other hairdressers with the same problem.

I have anxiety daily, and not just 'normal' anxiety most people get now and again.

Do you find it affects you much in the salon? Sometimes I feel like it holds me back a lot, and would love some suggestions from you guys

I suffered from bad anxiety when I worked in the salon and it was horrible. I used to get panic attacks when I was cutting hair! The girls in the salon weren't very supportive and just didn't understand what I was going through. It all started because the atmosphere between the girls in the salon was terrible. It was like a school playground. One girl in particular thought I was crazy and didn't understand (she later on contacted me apologising as she now suffers with it, that's karma!) I couldn't take it anymore and left the salon! My anxiety almost immediately disappeared. I had a few times when I would experience it again but I can now say that I don't suffer with it anymore. So mine was down to the salon. I hope the girls you work with are supportive and help you as much as they can x

 

[suse82]

As someone who suffers with anxiety, I've always wanted to hear from other hairdressers with the same problem.

I have anxiety daily, and not just 'normal' anxiety most people get now and again.

Do you find it affects you much in the salon? Sometimes I feel like it holds me back a lot, and would love some suggestions from you guys

I've suffered quite a bit for the last 7 years with anxiety, it's an awful thing. I've been to the doctors and spoken to counsellors. How do you deal with yours? What triggers it?

 

[Starboltz]

I'm on medication and I've been treating it for years. Sometimes though, I start letting it get to me and occasionally it can knock my confidence behind the chair :/

With ng s worse than having an anxious day, but putting on a fake smile all day

 

[suse82]

It's such a big thing isn't it. It can crush you if it takes over. I never slept for nearly 2 years and I'm honestly not exaggerating. I found reading about it helped me. Almost like having knowledge about it and reading about others with it gave me more confidence about dealing with it.

 

[evi_nails]

Thanks for sharing your stories guys and sorry to hear how you have been affected by this. My friend was giving me a treatment the other day and had an attack in the middle of my pedicure. She has them every month (especially around the times when she’s tired) and started shaking which I hadn’t seen before. She has not always had anxiety, only the past few years. She too has found that it knocks her confidence and finds it hard to conceal it with a smile.

She works in an office during the week and on weekends is a mobile nail tech, so it’s hard for her to hide it from colleagues and clients. She finds yoga and deep breathing cycles helpful. I tried the breathing for myself once to help me understand a little more about what she was going through, and it sent me straight to sleep! Lol. It must be working for her too, but I know every time an attack happens I support her.

 

[Roxybear]

I've got generalised anxiety disorder had it since I was a teenager I just try to think positive when ever I start feeling anxious. Have you tried cognitive behavioural therapy that helped me it teaches you how to deal with things