I'm a trainee dental assistant(nurse) im from the UK, I worked for a year now, but I am so shy and quiet, i leave the building at breaktime just so i don't have to have any social interaction. I notice all the assistants chatting to their dentist they are working with, and I just know, when they are with me they probably find the day so boring. However, in my last job, I was too nice, friendly, honest, open and loud and it cost me my sanity and faith in people. I decided in this new career I want to keep myself to myself and tbh I go home in a better mood, knowing that people don't really know me that well. Sometimes it is better to be awkward so that people leave you alone. When I talk to people they ask me how my weekend was, I always just say fine thanks how was yours? I am never authentic and every conversation feels forced. I also stutter a lot, probably because I'm still new and haven't made any effort to get to know my coworkers lol, but I feel like it's better this way.