Dislike Job/Experiencing Extreme Anxiety After One Week--Do I Wait It Out or Jump Ship While It's Still Early?

I’ve just begun a new job and been at it for about a week. Disclaimer: I already hate it. The work is not in my wheelhouse, so I’m already inexperienced in that regard, but more so, I don’t have the skill set nor the desire for what I’m doing. Basically, I just don’t think I’m the right kind of person for the job I’m doing. But, more importantly (to me), I’m left feel unhappy in my work, to the point it’s affecting my mental health and physical well-being. I dread going to my job each day. I feel so miserable when I wake up in the morning, unable to go back to sleep if I wake up too early, feeling full of nerves, struggling to catch my breath, my tummy full of knots and thus unable to eat much if anything. I leave work each day with a stress headache, feeling defeated, near tears (if I haven’t already cried that day).

I have already discussed with a colleague my feelings of incompetence and anxieties (but not about the actual dislike of or dissatisfaction with the work). They seemed supportive and genuine in their response, offering to assist with or advice on the work I’m doing—even disclosing some of their own anxieties. But, moving forward, I haven’t received much when I ask.

I already want to quit, at the very least, for the sake of my well-being, but I hesitate to do so soon and without a solid backup plan. What would you advise in my situation? What would you do? Do I try talking to someone else? Do I give the job more of a chance? I’m all for challenging myself and growing professionally, but not if I have to suffer physically and mentally long-term to do it…

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