I hate meetinigs at work.... URGHHH

[Just Making It]

Hello everybody im fairly new to this site, well sorta... i come on here and just observe, this is the first time im postiing a thread. N Ewayz getting back to the topic at hand...

We had a meeting today and I just felt so arkward and outa place. Everytime we have a meeting I get this feeling like "Oh GOD...why me" Mostly everybody tries to avoid eye contact with me except my boss and when he looks at me its the strangest look...its like " i hope he understands what im saying" type of look. Do any of yall ever feel like yall are "slow" just by the way people interact wih you.

I know that im not slow or retarded but thats the look i get from people. And Im the only one that never ask questions in the meeting... either cause I just don't give a sh*t or I feel that it doesn't apply to me....

I don't know what my facial expressions are doing when im interacting with people but I try to stay focus on what they saying and give eye contact, but sometimes Im thinking in my head... just leave me alone and let me go back to my office.....lol I do tend to drift off if im not interested and I give a BS answer...but I just don't know what to do...

I need to conquer this demon as soon as possible and get my life back... Im seeing a (pys)doctor but it seems like he is only in it for the money... he will ramble on for 1 hour and then say... You have the co-pay?...and he hasn't helped me one bit...

Anyone got any techniques that can help me out please let me know... Thanks

 

[nico82]

I hate meetings too! Our team had one last week and I felt so uncomfortable (I even took half a mig of xanax before it started), but even that didn't help much as I felt heart pounding in my chest. I never ask any questions either but I guess they're used to it since I'm known as the "quiet one." Sorry I don't have any tips but it seems that the only thing we can do is just sit there and suffer for a bit.

 

[dottie]

Hello everybody im fairly new to this site, well sorta... i come on here and just observe, this is the first time im postiing a thread. N Ewayz getting back to the topic at hand...

We had a meeting today and I just felt so arkward and outa place. Everytime we have a meeting I get this feeling like "Oh GOD...why me" Mostly everybody tries to avoid eye contact with me except my boss and when he looks at me its the strangest look...its like " i hope he understands what im saying" type of look. Do any of yall ever feel like yall are "slow" just by the way people interact wih you.

I know that im not slow or retarded but thats the look i get from people. And Im the only one that never ask questions in the meeting... either cause I just don't give a sh*t or I feel that it doesn't apply to me....

I don't know what my facial expressions are doing when im interacting with people but I try to stay focus on what they saying and give eye contact, but sometimes Im thinking in my head... just leave me alone and let me go back to my office.....lol I do tend to drift off if im not interested and I give a BS answer...but I just don't know what to do...

I need to conquer this demon as soon as possible and get my life back... Im seeing a (pys)doctor but it seems like he is only in it for the money... he will ramble on for 1 hour and then say... You have the co-pay?...and he hasn't helped me one bit...

Anyone got any techniques that can help me out please let me know... Thanks

oh man i relate 100%. people in the workplace often patronize me because they think i'm retarded/slow. i'm socially retarded, not mentally retarded. when people talk to me i think i over-emote to show them that i am paying full attention to them... they take it as mentally retarded. close enough i guess. i still find it insulting.

i hate playing the work game. it's exhausting just dealing with the complexities of the social part of it, not the work itself.

meetings would be tolerable if you were sitting in chairs facing a leader/teacher, like a classroom setup. i think what makes meetings so bad is that they are usually in a circle or semi-circle so everyone is facing each other. wondering what to do with my eyes, where to look, makes me panic. hates it.

 

[teandtoast]

I hate meetings at work too ...just sat there thinking wish i could just run out
luckily theyre used to me being quiet so dont ask me anything but I dread if they do as speaking in front of large goups just clam up and become a mess

the feeling of everyone staring at me cant stand as dont like people looking at me as it is.