I’ve been working part time as a security guard at a large stadium for a few months now, overall it’s a very easy job, but definitely not a career, I’ve been starting to look for more permanent jobs.

however lately I’ve been having these feelings early into my shift where I feel uncontrollably nauseous, and either feel like I’m gonna throw up, or need to use the bathroom, and usually I don’t need to do either, but the sick feeling is very dehabilitating. I’ve dealt with the feeling about four times in the last two weeks, two times I just had to leave the building early without telling anyone, two other times I called in sick.

It happened again yesterday and I just had to leave the building before I could even clock in, I haven’t had the courage to tell my boss that it’s anxiety related, and just said I’m sick because I’m not sure how they’ll react, I’ve been written up for it twice and it happened again yesterday, I’m fearing I’m probably going to be fired.

I’ve been working here for five months and the previous months this didn’t happen. I tried drinking water and telling myself that this is anxiety and that it’s all in my head but still it just doesn’t rid me of this icky feeling.

If I get fired it’s not the end of the world because I was already looking for new work however it just doesn’t look good for a future job, and it makes me extremely nervous because this isn’t even that hard of a job, what happens when I get a “real” job.

I’m very worried and I’m not sure what to say or do to my bosses, I’m not sure whether to ask for a break, just try and power through it, or just tell them the truth I’m going through some mental health issues.