Went through an awkward situation today has this ever happened to you?

[Weakminded]

I thought I was past this shut but I guess not. I went inside of a gas station to pay for gas and buy a pack of cigarettes . *The lady asked me how I was doing and I told her fine and I was a little nervous but I didn't think it was that bad. * * * *She gave me the cigarettes and I told her to put the rest of the money in gas. Well she did it and I think she said ok so that's 14 dollars in gas and right after she said that I froze and lost any form of rational thinking. I asked her wait what just happened and she looked at me with this puzzled look and I just smiled because I was so nervous and confused. I think I wasn't sure if she was suppose to give me back change so I didnt want to just walk away. *It was a really awkward situTion. She even told me I shouldn't be driving if I'm gonna be doing thAt.... She obviously thought I was on drugs which I wasn't. It made me look stupid and this is why I worrie about me surviving on my own because my social anxiety will mess up jobs and it could be simple tasks thAt require minimal thinking and I mess it up. I don't know if I'm gonna be ok on my own.


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[Kat]

Yes, besides the awful feelings you get with anxiety the fact it affects your ability to think straight is what makes it worse, but don’t be hard on yourself nobody is immune to mistakes. We have all done something along those lines from time to time. She may have said what she said because she may have thought you weren’t feeling too well, which wouldn’t be far from the truth but she may have not been trying to be nasty she was just concerned.

 

[thomas90]

I believe that you will do just fine on your own

About a year ago I moved out on my own and started work in a subway sandwich shop where my anxiety caused me to feel as you did, every day!

But I got on with it, and everything worked out.

I find myself in these situations as you describe on a regular basis, I don't ever expect them to stop occurring but it may become less frequent over time

You will feel silly after it, once it has happened, but as my awesome sister would say, you shouldn't care about what others think of you.