I am such an idiot :( I HATE that im like this!!!!

lookahead

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I wrote on here a couple of days ago about my success story for trying to overcome generalised anxiety and performance social anxiety.

A lot of aspects I have got over although the performance social anxiety I haven't really covered yet in therapy. I feel extremley self conscious if I have to show any kind of initiative in front of other people especially if they ask me to do something. Just feel like the are watching my every move and if i stand there not knowing what to do they are thinking 'shes so stupid and useless' I cant imagine being at work and having to put up with being in a work situation for 8 straight hours, it makes me want to cry thinking about it.

Yesterday I was at my boyfriends house and we were in his kitchen he was cooking a meal for himself, his dad and me. He was running a little late on preparing food so he was asking me to do various things. He put some flour into a cup and asked me to stir it. So I did it trying to wisk it round but i didnt feel like i could do it properly! And he was just trying to help me and said in a nice way you need to do it like this to get it all off from round the sides. I got so mad at myself that his way of doing it looked so easy and yet i couldnt do it?!?!?! I got all sensitive thinking i cant do a simple stupid thing like that and snapped at him saying do it yourself then!!

Then he said do you want to grate some cheese for me instead then and i just got all tearful thinking i wont even be able to do it the anxiety is too strong especially because of what just happened.

He knows I feel this way about things but I think he was trying to encourage me to do them so i get more confident. I just replyed with no cause ill just mess it up and had to get out of there so i walked out of the room.

I started silent crying in the living room cause i feel so stupid and worthless that even when my boyfriend asks me to do something I get so anxious and the feeling seems unbareable. What chance do i have if an eployer asks me to do something. He came into the lviing room cause i think he thought something was up but i quickly rushed up the stairs and pretended i was going to the toilet....sat in there for ages and cryed my eyes out.

Im crying now....what the hell is wrong with me :( Im sorry just wanted a vent.
 
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omG .. I feel the same way.. I always feel stupid...in various life ocassions, but I think were not stupid, it's all in our head... EVEN THO IT SEEMS REALLY TRUE.. and u have a really nice boyfriend...
 

Danfalc

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Im crying now....what the hell is wrong with me :( Im sorry just wanted a vent.

Aw,nothing is wrong with you except you are just struggling with your anxiety,also you obviously care for your BF a lot and it upsets you when you feel you have let him down.

I'm sure he understands though,it's very sweet and caring he is doing little things to try and encourage you,but I am sure he understands you cant get better over night so try not to beat yourself up.He knows your not stupid or useless :) Even the easiest thing in the world can get hard when you get anxious,I remember I use to hate saying my name at appointments because I was so nervous my head would go blank..And this is my bloody name Im talking about ::p:
 
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