Depois de me ter licenciado em finan\u00e7as, tive a sorte de encontrar imediatamente um emprego numa pequena empresa.<\/p>\n
Fui subindo gradualmente de um emprego de entrada para posi\u00e7\u00f5es mais bem pagas, onde me eram atribu\u00eddas mais responsabilidades.<\/p>\n
No entanto, nunca vi isso como um fardo e fiquei incrivelmente entusiasmado pelo facto de os meus superiores terem visto algo de especial em mim.<\/p>\n
Alguns anos mais tarde, comecei a ter comich\u00e3o por algo novo<\/em>. I was well aware that the corporate ladder at my job wasn\u2019t very high, and there wasn\u2019t much more left for me to climb.<\/p>\n Claro que gostava dos meus colegas de trabalho e do escrit\u00f3rio sem stress, mas uma vozinha na minha cabe\u00e7a dizia-me que era altura de seguir em frente.<\/p>\n E, tal como um rel\u00f3gio, reencontrei um antigo colega de faculdade que me informou que a sua empresa, muito maior, estava a contratar. Aproveitei a oportunidade? Podes crer que sim.<\/p>\n Within a few months, I was saying goodbye to my old coworkers and getting ready to throw myself into what I thought at the time would be (clich\u00e9 alert) an amazing new chapter.<\/p>\n Quem me dera poder identificar o momento em que as minhas capacidades de gest\u00e3o do stress voaram pela janela.<\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe it was around the time I arrived at my new office and realized the true meaning of a \u201cfast-paced work environment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Ou talvez tenha aumentado lentamente \u00e0 medida que o meu volume de trabalho triplicava, as horas extraordin\u00e1rias se tornavam uma ocorr\u00eancia quase di\u00e1ria e a pilha de e-mails n\u00e3o abertos na minha caixa de entrada crescia e crescia.<\/strong><\/p>\n Olhando para tr\u00e1s, concordo definitivamente com a analogia de que o stress \u00e9 como um balde que se enche lentamente de \u00e1gua.<\/strong><\/p>\n The water rises and rises, and if you don\u2019t find a way to poke holes in the bucket (in other words, actively try to lower your stress), the water will eventually overflow, and you\u2019ll find yourself battling a flood.<\/strong><\/p>\n A primeira vez que tive um ataque de ansiedade, estava no meu carro, a regressar do trabalho. Sozinha.<\/p>\n While stuck in traffic, my mind kept bouncing back and forth between project deadlines, my boss\u2019 frustration at that day\u2019s meeting, and all the work that somehow had to be done by the end of the week.<\/p>\n Pela primeira vez na minha vida, senti que tinha perdido verdadeiramente o controlo.<\/p>\n Suddenly, my heart began to race, breathing became difficult, my limbs started trembling \u2013 like they weren\u2019t a part of my body anymore \u2013 and I was terrified that I would pass out behind the wheel.<\/p>\n Liguei o r\u00e1dio e a m\u00fasica pop conseguiu distrair-me o tempo suficiente para recuperar o controlo da minha respira\u00e7\u00e3o e conduzir at\u00e9 casa inteiro.<\/p>\n \u201cOkay, you just had your first anxiety attack. No big deal, it happens. You\u2019ll be fine,\u201d I told myself.<\/strong> In the following months, I had to learn how to live with a constant knot in my stomach, forced myself to eat because I\u2019d lost all appetite, and could never get a good night\u2019s sleep because my brain would never shut off.<\/p>\n And even though my diet had never been worse (it consisted of daily runs to Taco Bell and gallons of soda), I\u2019d somehow managed to lose weight.<\/p>\n The weekends didn\u2019t bring me any relief, either \u2013 I spent them worrying about the following week.<\/p>\n Por isso, o \u00fanico tempo livre que tinha para me divertir e descontrair era desperdi\u00e7ado a imaginar todo o tipo de cen\u00e1rios apocal\u00edpticos na minha cabe\u00e7a.<\/p>\n I wish I could say I came to the realization that I was suffering from work anxiety on my own, but that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n Foi o meu marido que sugeriu, timidamente, que eu tinha andado um pouco stressada nos \u00faltimos tempos e que talvez.., talvez<\/em>, I should consider taking up some stress-relieving activities \u2013 a way to poke a hole in my stress bucket, if you will.<\/p>\n Ent\u00e3o, que contra-medidas pus em pr\u00e1tica?<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s how yoga became my first weapon in my fight against anxiety.<\/p>\n No in\u00edcio, s\u00f3 frequentava uma aula todos os domingos \u00e0 noite (porque os domingos s\u00e3o os piores, como qualquer pessoa que sofra de ansiedade no trabalho vos dir\u00e1), e notei uma mudan\u00e7a quase imediata.<\/p>\n A tens\u00e3o no meu corpo diminuiu radicalmente, e desafiar-me fisicamente era quase demasiado bom. Com o passar do tempo, aumentei para tr\u00eas aulas por semana, \u00e0 medida que alguns dos sintomas f\u00edsicos da minha ansiedade foram diminuindo.<\/p>\n O meu pesco\u00e7o e os meus ombros, que estavam incrivelmente tensos e dolorosos, tinham finalmente relaxado e o meu apetite tinha voltado.<\/p>\n But yoga couldn\u2019t fix all of my problems at work, so I had to develop coping mechanisms to rein in my anxiety during the day.<\/p>\n Colei um post-it gigante no ecr\u00e3 do meu computador para me lembrar de fazer um simples exerc\u00edcio de respira\u00e7\u00e3o sempre que tivesse um minuto para mim ou me sentisse nervosa.<\/p>\n I wrote a to-do list every morning and checked off one item after another, which gave me a sense of control over my workload. Plus, I didn\u2019t have to worry about whether I would forget anything throughout the day.<\/p>\n Aprendi tamb\u00e9m a ter consci\u00eancia do meu corpo e do que me rodeia, controlando-me durante o dia, lembrando-me de libertar a tens\u00e3o dos meus membros e de baixar os ombros para longe dos ouvidos.<\/p>\n Deixei de beber refrigerantes e s\u00f3 tomava uma ch\u00e1vena de caf\u00e9 de manh\u00e3 para me dar energia para o dia.<\/p>\n Tamb\u00e9m deixei de passar as pausas para almo\u00e7o fechado no escrit\u00f3rio e comecei a socializar com os meus colegas de trabalho, o que tornou o dia consideravelmente menos stressante.<\/p>\n Ainda assim, nenhuma quantidade de ioga ou medita\u00e7\u00e3o poderia mudar o facto de eu estar a trabalhar numa fun\u00e7\u00e3o que n\u00e3o era saud\u00e1vel para mim e, para me curar completamente, sabia que precisava de mudar de emprego.<\/p>\n Quitting wasn\u2019t an option due to obvious financial reasons, so I slowly started applying to other positions, hoping that I\u2019d get an offer sooner or later.<\/p>\n Depois de in\u00fameras candidaturas enviadas e horas de entrevistas e testes, consegui finalmente arranjar um emprego onde podia dar o meu melhor sem p\u00f4r em risco a minha sanidade mental.<\/p>\n Obviously, my anxiety didn\u2019t magically disappear the second I handed in my two weeks\u2019 notice. It seemed that my body had gotten so used to feeling on edge all the time that it had trouble ditching the habit!<\/p>\n Mas, lentamente, comecei a redescobrir a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de desfrutar verdadeiramente de um s\u00e1bado de sol no parque ou de um jantar em fam\u00edlia.<\/p>\n Olhando para esta experi\u00eancia anos mais tarde, sei que devia ter procurado um terapeuta logo ap\u00f3s o primeiro ataque de ansiedade.<\/strong><\/p>\n The problem was that I didn\u2019t know it was the start of a genuine mental health issue.<\/p>\n And I\u2019m sure that many people out there don\u2019t realize that their work stress has long crossed over into full-blown anxiety \u2013 I was simply lucky that I had people around me who guided me in the direction of healing.<\/p>\n To all of you who are currently entangled in a battle with your own mind, I\u2019m here to tell you that there is a way out.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s not easy, and it feels like you\u2019re trying to twist your way into a pair of pants you outgrew years ago, but it can be done!<\/strong><\/p>\n After all, there\u2019s nothing wrong in calling it a wrap once you realize that your job is taking much more than it\u2019s giving \u2013 it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re a failure or incompetent.<\/strong><\/p>\n Deixar o que eu pensava ser o meu emprego de sonho foi dif\u00edcil de engolir, e tive de ter uma conversa honesta comigo pr\u00f3pria sobre o que queria.<\/p>\n Mas gra\u00e7as a esta experi\u00eancia, cheguei onde estou hoje e nunca mudaria uma \u00fanica parte do meu percurso.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My whole life, I was never the kind of person to fear change or shy away from a challenge. 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\nInfelizmente, isto foi apenas o prel\u00fadio.<\/strong><\/p>\nEncontrar a liberta\u00e7\u00e3o atrav\u00e9s do ioga<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nIncorpora\u00e7\u00e3o de mecanismos de sobreviv\u00eancia<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMudar a minha alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGiving two weeks\u2019 notice<\/h2>\n
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