For the last year or so my bf has been really struggling to go to work and stay at a job. He'll usually go for the first day and maybe shift 2&3, but after that he'll be overcome by dread and call in sick, putting himself in a cycle where he'll eventually quit.

He really likes his current job and was actually excited to go in this morning, but then the morning came and he couldn't. He was just empty and had a panic attack curled in the bath. I thought I had managed to reassure him and help him through it but he called in sick again (third time) when he said he'd be getting dressed. This cycle spiralled from him getting off the tram and just being frozen/stuck until he was able to take himself home as his brain wouldn't let him go to work. Second time he was overcome with body pain (he probably has fibro/developing it) and anxiety and struggled to get out of bed and didn't go (I was at work so I wasn't there to help).

I don't know how to help him or what to suggest as, while I've been experiencing the dread and anxiety of work, my autistic brain just has this overdrive function where I still end up at work, maybe a little bit dissociated. I reassure him that I'm not mad, dissapointed, or that I hate him, but I don't know what else to try to help him go in tomorrow. He knows there's pressure to go as I can't cover bills & rent on just my wages unless I overwork myself, which I know he doesn't want and I don't think reminding him or reiterating the pressure of this will be helpful (if that's that the pressure in INCUP refers too).

I have had him request a gp appt today though as I know he'll need prof help and not just me, but I don't know if there's any methods I/we can try in the meantime