This is a big problem for me lately. Every time I have an unpleasant interaction with someone, I fantasize over how it should've gone. If there was anything I could've done to come across stronger or more put-together, I will roleplay it that way in my head afterwards because I can't live with how weak or foolish I think I was in that moment.
I'm finding more and more that I dread social situations because of the mental aftermath. I know the obsessing will be unbearable. It continues for weeks sometimes. I often think back to awkward events that happened years ago, and I STILL feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, and angry by them as soon as I recall them. It's becoming exhausting.
I can't seem to let myself make mistakes. I feel a great deal of shame when it comes to social goof-ups I've made in the past - even if others probably thought nothing of them at the time. I am so heightened to them though, for some reason.
I'm finding more and more that I dread social situations because of the mental aftermath. I know the obsessing will be unbearable. It continues for weeks sometimes. I often think back to awkward events that happened years ago, and I STILL feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, and angry by them as soon as I recall them. It's becoming exhausting.
I can't seem to let myself make mistakes. I feel a great deal of shame when it comes to social goof-ups I've made in the past - even if others probably thought nothing of them at the time. I am so heightened to them though, for some reason.
Last edited: