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Feeling Overwhelmed (cont.)

Heath Wilder
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Hi all,

Just wanted to follow on from Chelsea Kauffman's great TLCC2018 forum thread.  Living with anxiety and depression can be a difficult ask especially when we are under the intense pressures we get in the arts world such as Presales, Opening Nights and the holiday season.  If you have a story you'd like to share, or just some comradery, feel free to share below.   

I'll quote Chelsea (hope that's OK) as she said it better than I can.

"So how do you handle being a professional and having a mental illness? How do you cope with insecurities, anxieties, depression, and fear without destroying your team’s confidence in you or without throwing in the towel?

Tell me your story. How do you survive? How do you manage?

I just want to know I’m not alone and that there is a bright future and that I’m doing okay."

I'm our organisations Ticketing, Data Analysis and Tessitura Admin departments so there never seems to be an off season for me.  

Chookas (as we say in Oz),

Heath

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    Hey All,

    Time for conference again.

    I'm excited! But also already completely overwhelmed.

    Among other things, I just found out that I'm probably going to be the only person from my organization attending this year.

    That hits me as an anxiety double-whammy, because on the one hand, I'm going to be by myself in a strange city surrounded by hundreds of my closest strangers. Then on the other hand, there's also the anxiety of trying to hit all the important sessions without being able to spread everything out among my team members.

    This comes on the heals of my "work-spouse" Almarie, who attended conference with me last year, leaving my org suddenly.

    Anyone else feeling stressed about conference? Feeling overwhelmed? Feeling alone?

    I would love any advise about how to conquer TLCC with a team of one.

    Thanks,

    Shelly

  • $organization in reply to Shelly Binkley (she/her)

    Shelly, you're definitely not alone. I'm feeling totally overwhelmed by the prospect of attending my first conference ever after moving across the country, and am hoping I can manage my depression and anxiety through it.

    I can say that as someone who often begged for information from the conference at my previous organization, just be upfront about the information you think you can gather. If sitting in on a particular session will increase your anxiety, you don't have to do it. People will understand -- plus there are lots of us attending, and we can share notes and thoughts even after the conference is over. We've definitely got your back!

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  • $organization in reply to Shelly Binkley (she/her)

    Shelly, you're definitely not alone. I'm feeling totally overwhelmed by the prospect of attending my first conference ever after moving across the country, and am hoping I can manage my depression and anxiety through it.

    I can say that as someone who often begged for information from the conference at my previous organization, just be upfront about the information you think you can gather. If sitting in on a particular session will increase your anxiety, you don't have to do it. People will understand -- plus there are lots of us attending, and we can share notes and thoughts even after the conference is over. We've definitely got your back!

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