First post as a bit of a longer-term lurker but there's an issue that's been creeping up recently and it's been affecting my match-days and games with that.
I suffer from generalised anxiety disorder anyway so there's that in the background, but this hasn't affected my match-days in the last season or throughout pre-season but with my last few games I've had the sort of physical side-effects of Anxiety really affect my match-day. So much so that I've actually felt physically ill because of them and had to "cry off" a fixture due to this illness.
Obviously nerves aren't unusual but it's to the point that thinking about an upcoming game is making me feel sick, and it persists up to kick-off and into the first part of the game and I can tell is affecting my 'aura' for want of a better word in how I referee. It's not a doubt of my own ability but it is affecting my day up to and into the game and not making something I enjoy that enjoyable.
Does anyone have any experience with dealing with this or anything that they think could possibly help get rid of this problem?
I suffer from generalised anxiety disorder anyway so there's that in the background, but this hasn't affected my match-days in the last season or throughout pre-season but with my last few games I've had the sort of physical side-effects of Anxiety really affect my match-day. So much so that I've actually felt physically ill because of them and had to "cry off" a fixture due to this illness.
Obviously nerves aren't unusual but it's to the point that thinking about an upcoming game is making me feel sick, and it persists up to kick-off and into the first part of the game and I can tell is affecting my 'aura' for want of a better word in how I referee. It's not a doubt of my own ability but it is affecting my day up to and into the game and not making something I enjoy that enjoyable.
Does anyone have any experience with dealing with this or anything that they think could possibly help get rid of this problem?