r/scrubtech • u/Anxious_Example7161 • 9d ago

Dealing with stress after work

I have been a scrub for almost 2 years now. I feel like I have really grown and although I’m still learning, I have a good basis on things I need for cases and all that. I have normal stress during my cases and I feel like during the hard moments I have a good time managing but I’m having a really hard time managing my stress and anxiety when I’m done with my shift, I feel like all the stress I deal with hits me at the end of work and I get extremely anxious that I may have caused harm to my patients and I’m not aware of it (I feel like I am very good with my surgical conscious and I always point stuff out, it’s a lot of “what if I didn’t see this or that” when I get home) and all I can do is nap and kind of waste my day afterwards. I want to be able to be productive and also do things rather than sleep to reduce my stress. Does anyone else have these issues and if so how do you guys relief stress after work?

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u/floriankod89 9d ago

I'm sorry you're going through this, this isn't very pleasant, You may want to talk to someone professional, it seems your stress overwhelms your body best of luck

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u/Pufferfishgrimm 9d ago

You should go to a psychiatrist and get evaluated for OCD

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u/b1ack_as_pitch 9d ago

Decompress just sit on your couch and watch a movie. Thats what I do take a shower put on my pajamas play guitar and watch a movie. Its really cathartic.

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u/yesimextra Plastics 💋 2d ago

I second talking to a professional (therapist & psychiatrist) if you’re able to afford it (find a provider your insurance will work with).

A therapist can give you tools to help you learn how to retrain your brain so you’re not in an anxious spiral. A psychiatrist would evaluate you and see if you’re struggling with ocd & anxiety to the point a medication would help.

Going to therapy really helped me. Had to deal with some childhood trauma stuff that was the reason I negative self talk and spiral so much. Not fun but having the tools to recognize when it’s starting to happen and know what to do next to stop it, has really impacted me positively in all aspects not just after work.

Moving my body helps. I like to lift weights, not so much cardio. A combination of them both though definitely correlates to me being in a better mental headspace. Some days moving my body after a stressful day just means taking my dog for a walk around the neighborhood.

Limiting alcohol. It’s tempting to use it quiet the voices anxiety brings but for me it just compounded things and made it worse the next day sometimes to the point I couldn’t get out of bed. This circles back to therapy and learning better ways to deal with the anxiety.

Always here if you need an ear. DM me.