Anxiety?
Hi everyone,
I’ve been in industry for 8+ years (working remotely) and decided I wanted a change so I applied to some jobs one of which is a full time community college TT position. The thought of teaching and helping students has always seemed exciting to me.
Anyways I did the first round interview & it went well. I’ve moved on to the demo lesson & second round interview which is today. I prepared well and felt good about it. Then last night I tried to go to sleep and ended up having an anxiety attack basically all night (rapid heart rate/adrenaline) unable to sleep at all.
Now because of this reaction I’m questioning if this career would be a good fit for me or not just due to the level of anxiety I felt.. I’ve always been naturally introverted and anxious when presenting in front of people but never to this level of not being able to sleep/anxiety attack all night for hours. I think working remote/isolated for so long has exacerbated my anxiety levels.
I guess what I’m asking is have any of you felt the same/been very anxious people & been able to push through that anxiety to teach/lecture your courses? Does it get easier? It also doesn’t help that I have 0 teaching experience so this is all new to me & a huge change compared to being remote behind a screen.
Thanks