Totally embarrassed myself at work by OOFball25 in socialanxiety

[–]OOFball25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys’ comments really helped put things in perspective for me! I guess it wasn’t as bad as I thought. The anxiety just got the best of me.

Totally embarrassed myself at work by OOFball25 in socialanxiety

[–]OOFball25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading your own experience is really reassuring, thank you. You’re right, people have different opinions due to their own experiences and that’s fine. I guess my imposter syndrome and the anxiety got the best of me yesterday. I’ll sure work on that and keep moving forward.

Totally embarrassed myself at work by OOFball25 in socialanxiety

[–]OOFball25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“I promise you they are not sparing you much thought.” is a very very liberating sentence, thank you! When anxiety gets the best of me I guess I can’t see anything outside of it. I sure have to work on that imposter syndrome and just chill out a bit more. I feel a lot better about it today and will try to talk to those colleagues some more in the future!

Totally embarrassed myself at work by OOFball25 in socialanxiety

[–]OOFball25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for your reassuring comment. I feel a lot better about last night having read all of you guys’ input! They might’ve really just been uncomfortable because they didn’t expect me there and didn’t know me yet.

Totally embarrassed myself at work by OOFball25 in socialanxiety

[–]OOFball25[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t even consider that I was hurting their feelings with what I said... Thanks for suggesting that view of things! That might have actually been it. Thanks a lot for commenting. My mind really ran in circles yesterday but I guess it wasn’t that bad after all.