Rebound,

Thanks so much for taking the time and all to give me feedback, much appreciated.

I've got some suggestions, feel free to ignore them if they aren't helpful of course, I'll put it in terms of what I hope I would eventually do if possible, in your situation. Oh first I gotta give you kudos for persisting in that work situation, sounds like it could be tough for most anyone! Maybe an extrovert that loves to just babble away and doesn't care what others think might thrive there, dunno.

Hopefully I'd acknowledge to myself that I am in a work situation that stresses me, and if there was any way to have our supervisor change things round, would ask for that.

Probably that would not work, so my next plan would be to pay attention to how I talk to myself. Am I encouraging and supportive in my mind, or do I berate myself and beat myself up? This can be tricky stuff for me, see, it's important that I also not beat myself up for.....beating myself up! I'd pay gentle attention to myself on this theme for awhile, then look into some cognitive behavioral type workbooks and see what exercises I can use that apply. I'd work on challenging my negative thoughts about self and coming up with what works better.

And now for some humor, not at all making light of your situation, more an acknowledgement of how I'd most likely be in your shoes...........I'd wear dark glasses, maybe a trench coat, spend most of my time under a counter or desk waving a white flag, and search out invisibility spells for workplace application.

Good luck with it all, helps me to know that others are struggling with similar challenges, we are all unique individuals yet we are also all human beings doing the best we can.

Sarah