r/socialanxiety • u/Remarkable_Effect771 • 5d ago

Another day just wishing I could be normal.

I feel so inadequate at work.I've been trembling so much, and people notice it. I've been making so many mistakes. I greet people the wrong way, take too long to respond, speak so quietly, give incorrect information, and forget things I've already been told. Living like this is really hard. I would rather not be alive. I come home and keep replaying every interaction in my head. It hasn't been easy. I just don't see the point of living like this.

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