Does anyone else have bad social anxiety when it comes to their job? Are you required to talk to people all day long like me? How do you deal?
Ever since I began working at the age of 16 at just a Dairy Queen, I have had horrible anxiety talking to customers, co-workers, and especially my boss. The hierarchy gets to me, plus I feel like everyone can tell I am incompetent and that I don't know what I'm doing. I thought it would get better in time, but it hasn't. I am 26 years old now and I still have social anxiety every single day at work. I fear talking to my clients, co-workers, and supervisor, but now I have degrees and am highly educated yet can't shake the nerves! Meetings are heart poundingly nerve-wracking, speeches are crippling, I manage to push through, but I know my face must be hot red when I talk, my voice ALWAYS shakes (I sound like I'm going to cry) and I become very sweaty (not very professional looking..) The only positive is that I am a very reliable employee because... I can't stop thinking about work, I can't stop thinking about whether my colleagues and boss like me or not, I can't stop analyzing every little thing I do to make sure I didn't make a mistake. Sometimes I think I care too damn much about my job, if I cared less, I would worry about it less. It's something I have struggled with forever, I'm interested to see if anyone else has as well. Thanks in advance.
Category: Social Anxiety
6 years ago
Asked 6 years ago
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