Coaching practices for I Keep Quitting Jobs Because of Anxiety

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• I keep dodging the things that scare me
• Every time I try to just quit coffee cold I get three days of headaches and worse anxiety and decide I clearly need it
• There’s a whole category of small things I quietly dodge
• I’ve got all these little rules that keep me okay
• There’s a duty I’ve been dropping the ball on and the guilt is gnawing at me nonstop

Practices that may help

1. Behavioral experiments
   Test an anxious prediction in real life and compare what you feared with what happened.
   The Anxiety Toolkit, Made Practical
2. Taper caffeine instead of cutting cold turkey
   Reduce intake by 10–20% per week to avoid withdrawal anxiety spikes.
   Caffeine and Anxiety: What the Research Actually Says
3. Deliberately enter low-stakes discomfort
   Regularly choose small situations that trigger the target anxiety so the nervous system learns it is survivable.
   The Confidence–Competence Loop
4. Drop the safety behaviors
   Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
5. Reduce ought-self discrepancy through concrete action, not reassurance
   When anxiety comes from failing an obligation, the fastest relief is doing one specific thing that addresses the gap — not talking about why it’s okay that you haven’t.
   Self-Discrepancy Theory, Made Practical
6. Fade reassurance-seeking
   Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
7. Build an avoidance hierarchy and work through it systematically
   List all the situations you avoid because of anxiety, from least to most frightening, then work up the list.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
8. Track SUDs across sessions to see your own progress
   Record distress ratings before and after each session so progress is visible and motivating.
   Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization
9. Reframe from "preventing catastrophe" to "coping with discomfort"
   Shift the goal of entering feared situations from preventing disaster to practicing tolerance.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
10. Imagine losing your work or income
    Briefly contemplate life without your current livelihood, to loosen financial anxiety and restore perspective.
    Negative Visualization, the Stoic Practice

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