Just post anything that you did that made you feel even a little bit uncomfortable. No achievement is too small.
I'll start: I've had to make this phone call for work, and I've put it off for days (phone anxiety) and I finally tried it today, the call went to voicemail but I will try again later.
Today I went to Staples to drop off a package, except their Internet was down so they couldn't process my box. So I went to another location that would accept it. There was this guy in his 50s who took my package. A couple observations: he seemed friendly and he sounded like he smokes.
And throughout both of these visits I didn't come across as awkward, hurray?
Had to speak in front of the class again. I was so nervous that I hardly took deep breaths. Everyone was nice and encouraging me, though. I started tearing up because this lady said some nice things about me to the class afterwards. After things like this, I would be mortified, but my anxiety went back down quickly so I guess I'm improving. It also helped to know that the others were nervous, too.
i went into the mechanic place by myself and managed to tell them what needed to be fixed, lol. i had been really worried they'd give me trouble or something, but it went fine and the people were nice.
Step dad offered me to go fishing with me today.
I denied and instantly i remembered the negative thoughts need to be silenced. so i replied with a yes right after i sent him a "no thanks"
He was happy i went. and surprised and so was I .
I caught 5 small mouth bass and enjoyed myself.
I still felt horrible but at the end of the day i enjoyed it.
Finished the class :yay I'm going to miss it a little. We did mock interviews today and I did pretty good, even though I talked low and was nervous. I wasn't as nervous as I was yesterday, which was a surprise.
Just post anything that you did that made you feel even a little bit uncomfortable. No achievement is too small.
I'll start: I've had to make this phone call for work, and I've put it off for days (phone anxiety) and I finally tried it today, the call went to voicemail but I will try again later.
Well, today my good friend whom I haven't heard from in a while called me today. I normally hate when my friends call me because 1) it's inconvenient 2) I HATE really long phone calls and 3) you can't think about a response. It was really awkward on the phone because ALL he would talk about is drugs. I **** you not he would not change the subject. So I have to pretend to be interested for almost an entire HOUR before I grow the balls to say gotta go. Normally saying gotta go isn't an issue, but this guy thinks that whenever I can't talk or when I say I need to go he thinks I just don't want to talk to him. Anyway it was just painfully awkward and he wants me to smoke with him over the weekend.
Wtg...phones still scare the hell out of me lol. I've been trying to get over it all my life, and it's as bad now as it was when I was a kid *shrug*
My heart just sank when I got to work today. I worked one on one, with one of the more intimidating members of our team. Usually we work in groups of anywhere from ten to fifty people. Today, yep, it was me and her. Thanks boss man.
I decided to try to stay positive, just get it done, and it went really well. She's actually pretty nice, she's pretty OK lol.
Lol...I've done this about 3 times on my own mistakes I recall. Sad too is it takes like 45-50 mins to get in....and I rushed in for around 7am. One day I was allowed to work and just took a different day off XD...it's quite embarassing yet so relieving "wooo, I can go home! time to hit the mall first and just goof around"
I had to talk to some irate lady on the phone today. She apparently couldn't read our sign properly and called me instead of my manager and she gave me an earful. I couldn't answer any of her questions (they in no way shape or form had anything to do with my job) and she got extremely angry with me. I was somehow still polite to her for the entire conversation though, so yay me.
After many days inside I got fed up with myself and drove to the bank to retrieve my forgotten password for my online banking account. And it felt good.
Went to my office's annual field day today. Yep... instead of calling in sick, I spent 4 hours at a park socializing and playing games with co-workers. I've been consumed with anxiety about it for the last couple of days and had thinking of ways to get out of it, but I didn't. I sucked it up and I survived. This is probably my biggest SA-related accomplishment in a long time.
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