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Nathan415
07-15-2013, 02:57 PM
Hi everyone,

My name is Nathan. I'm an artist who has been working in a pretty stressful environment for a long time now. Recently I lost my job and I believe that triggered my anxiety. It seems that my story is very similar what I have read on here. I was having small attacks I was able to overcome with a change of scenery. without a proper understanding of what was happening they escalated. I am so happy to have found this forum, and to know I'm not alone. Hopefully at some point I will be able to offer helpful advice to others about how to deal with this disorder. That would make me happy.
str8trippin
07-15-2013, 03:26 PM
Hi Nathan! Welcome to the forum...and nice to meet a fellow artist here. What kind of art do you do? This forum is a great resource and I'm SO glad to have found it...it's helped me through a lot the last few weeks!
Nathan415
07-15-2013, 04:32 PM
Hi Nathan! Welcome to the forum...and nice to meet a fellow artist here. What kind of art do you do? This forum is a great resource and I'm SO glad to have found it...it's helped me through a lot the last few weeks!

Always nice to meet a fellow artist. I work in video games as a Concept Artist. What type of work do you do?

Recently I was let go from my job, but while I was working my job was to take direction from the Art director, and game designer and draw/ paint it visually. it can be very stressful trying to understand what vision people have in their head. My last job was the worst of all, and it led to a full blown panic attack. I feel like this is a pretty rare situation but do you go through something similar?
str8trippin
07-15-2013, 04:46 PM
Nice! That's really cool. I do a lot of art of varying types...I'm mostly a performing artist (theatre, music, dance), but I'm also a photographer, writer and do some painting when inspiration strikes me. By day, though, I actually work in social services as a case manager, which is extremely stressful so I can completely relate to the stressful work situation!
Nathan415
07-15-2013, 10:22 PM
cool,

Yeah sometimes I feel like I should stop working as an artist professionally, and just keep it for myself. You're a good person for helping people with your job. I have much respect!