On the back of other threads about the above,truck driving causes it.
It is the only job that you can be jailed for.
Parking issues,finding fuel stations that are not low canopys.
Congestion.Road closures.
Dcpc,DVSA or the police.
Load security.Lack of quality sleep.
Traffic Commisioners.
Lack of respect from other road users.
The general public that think trucks are a nuissance.
The balance of home life and family time.
Marriage break ups and divorce.
The list goes on.
When flipping burgers can earn you more.
Is it all worth it.?
Risk of death in an accident.Do you feel nausea on Sunday night ir Monday when work is looming ?
To be fair there are other jobs you can be jailed for.
I’m relatively new to the industry but I really enjoy the job and
Most weekends I look forward to the week ahead. I used to suffer the symtoms you describe a lot more when I used to work 9 to 5. Yeah sometimes it can
Be stressful but for the most part I’m happy with the job I’m in at the minute. But that’s not to say I won’t have a different opinion in a few years and judging by some of the older drivers attitudes I won’t be surprised if I end up hating it.
Only job you can be jailed for? I thought that pretty much any company director could be jailed for corporate manslaughter.
WE all have bad days,next time you get a nice run ,the sun is shining ,roads are clear and you are plodding along nice and steady with different views every minute just have a think on how good the job can be 
Duncan Ferguson once got jailed for head butting someone on a football pitch ,you can be jailed in any job really ,if you thought about it to much ,you be better of staying in your garden shed with some tin foil on your head
I’ve suffered with depression in the past, not caused by driving although I was in a driving job at the time. Apparently caused by suppressed memories from things I did & saw while serving in NI. Outwardly you look normal, inside you’re dying every minute, it’s not pleasant.
I hate Sunday nights can’t sleep ,I don’t mind 3 am but there’s something about Monday mornings and its nothing to do with weekend activitys ,if iM going to Scotland or Cornwall then Sunday afternoon starts great but I can’t get interested in going to somewhere like Kent ,anxiety must be the problem .
Im the same ,i think its because you know how tired you are going to be a few hours down the road ,you are supposed to be in your deepest sleep about 3 in a morning ,just when you are going down the road,horrible feeling every minuite lasts a lifetime 
Attitude of some goods in staff and fork lift drivers that think they God.
Meditation is an excellent way of managing stress,
you can chose to ignore the Buddhist aspect and just
adopt the techniques.
Disclaimer…It ain’t easy but it’s better than pills. 
accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … uided.html
If you don’t have the time to meditate for 15 minutes,
then you should meditate for 30. 
Sleep patterns are in an hour and half cycles,Loughborough Uni have sleep experts,they measure the eye lid movement in experiments on sleep.Rapid eye movement or REM like the band.
Sleeping pills make you too drowsy to drive.
Boots sell Kalms,a natural remedy made of Valerian and powdered lettuce.
The only truly effective way to deal with stress is to address the causes of that stress. In the meantime you have to deal with the symptoms of stress to help you heal enough to deal with the causes of the stress.
Shoot me down if you want but I have had more success, when dealing with stress symptoms, with talking therapies than chemical therapies. Don’t think I’ve ever had depression but then I might not be the best judge of that.
Depression,anxiety and stress is probably down to individual makeup. Some people handle pressure more than others.Some people thrive with a little bit of pressure. BUT, if your job starts to make you show signs of any of the symptoms it’s probably a good idea to bail out. No job is worth the heartache, life’s far too short to be stressing about making delivery schedules.
This small checklist was used in a crew resource management course in a previous job. It’s only an illustrator I think of how events can stack up. I scored 330 
- but I have had some serious bits and bobs happen in life in the last 6 months.
Dan Punchard:
I hate Sunday nights can’t sleep ,I don’t mind 3 am but there’s something about Monday mornings and its nothing to do with weekend activitys ,if iM going to Scotland or Cornwall then Sunday afternoon starts great but I can’t get interested in going to somewhere like Kent ,anxiety must be the problem .
seth 70:
Im the same ,i think its because you know how tired you are going to be a few hours down the road ,you are supposed to be in your deepest sleep about 3 in a morning ,just when you are going down the road,horrible feeling every minuite lasts a lifetime
We’re all diferent thankfully, I hate working Sundays, or more to the point, I hate leaving home when the rest off the family are up and about, for instance running away on a Sunday afternoon, but 1 am and thereafter on a Monday is absolutly fine, I ocasionaly clock watch on a Sunday night, but that is rare, normaly its off to shut eye and next thing I know is the sodding alarm clock.
toby1234abc:
On the back of other threads about the above,truck driving causes it.
It is the only job that you can be jailed for.
Parking issues,finding fuel stations that are not low canopys.
Congestion.Road closures.
Dcpc,DVSA or the police.
Load security.Lack of quality sleep.
Traffic Commisioners.
Lack of respect from other road users.
The general public that think trucks are a nuissance.
The balance of home life and family time.
Marriage break ups and divorce.
The list goes on.
When flipping burgers can earn you more.
Is it all worth it.?
Risk of death in an accident.Do you feel nausea on Sunday night ir Monday when work is looming ?
Much off what you’ve posted are genuine concerns, but they in themselves dont lead to stress related anxiety anf depression, or every driver would be suffering, and some or many arent, I include myself in that statment. It is how you personaly deal with, or our surported to deal with the issues you have raised.
I have worked for firms who could really knock the stuffing out you, push push, agro down the phone, sub standard equipment, borderline or ilegal work schedules etc, but the only time I felt that work was starting to effect My mental health was when My ability to earn was greatly reduced(planners not evenly dishing out jobs), and no matter which way I turned the firm didnt want to know, til I exploded in the office, then all off a sudden it was problems, meetings, and general buck passing. That was when I took matters in hand and got another job, as much for My health as keeping a roof over our heads.
In that situation I removed Myself from what was causing me stress. I know that its not that simple allways to walk away, but then you have to find another route. Such as how 2 wharehouse foremen I knew used to deal with their office team. Foreman A used to frankly intimidate the office, so they were allways carefull off him, he wouldnt refuse to get anything done, but they didnt pester him, he got left alone to to do his job. Foreman B used to let hinself get pushed about and flustered, would constantly be swapping loads and orders about, in the end no one would know what the hell was going on and it was chaos. You know which one had to take a break.
Blimey I’ve been rambling
If you’re earning less than “people who flip burgers” I’m not surprised you’re depressed and whinge about the job!
As ive commented on another similar thread, ive had 10 years of depression and anxiety demon though im over it now. Most depression comes from when the mind has been in a state of inactivity for too long, or stuck in one location. If you feel depressed you need to spice things up, be it a career change, get a hobby, do something different in your spare time etc
You can go jail in any line of work, you could work in a warehouse rob stuff get caught and sent down etc
Try this,
When you find yourself worrying about something that has happened in the past or may happen in the future say to yourself…
There is only now!
When you worry about something that is happening now say to yourself…
This too shall pass!
Nothing stays the same and these affirmations should stop a mountains being made from a mole hills.
Incidentally, I read an article somewhere (don’t quote me ) which said most heart attacks happen at 9am on a Monday morning when office workers start their week.
global.
tony1234abc,
I’m still a young sprog but how I deal with all of the concerns you’ve raised is as follows…
Whenever somebody gets angry at me for driving ‘slow’ round corners, or my company (my company’s customer, technically) ring up chasing time and pass the ‘pressure’ onto me to achieve the impossible, I turn my music onto a nice low level, completely relax, drive a little slower, let my heart rate come down, and remind myself of the OTHER flip side of the coin. As HGV drivers we don’t just have the stresses of the above, but also the LUXURY of working in one of the most regulated industries around. MEANING - I don’t have to rush for anybody, and if anyone tries getting funny about it, the LAW will back me. So I’ll do the right thing, whether that be driving as slow as need me, or ignoring somebody’s fleeting (because that’s all it is - don’t let a car driver get you down, they’ll forget within ten seconds when they’re past you) annoyance.
It’s very difficult for people like me (who love to work and ‘get on with the job’) to stick to the ‘fluffy’ law sometimes, but in times of pressure/anxiety, let it come to the forefront of your mind and know you’re doing the right thing by taking it a little easier.
That’s what I do anyway and I enjoy the job.