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Old Apr 27, 2015, 06:27 PM
NG77 NG77 is offline
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Hello Everyone. I'm 27 years old, and am currently working in my second entry-level job since graduating. I've recently come to realize that I keep making a lot of stupid little mistakes at work that no one else seems to make, and I don't even know why.

When people point them out to me and ask me about them, I can't even explain where my head was at, or why I did it. It's like I was in a fog or something. These are usually small things, like today I was adding something to a spreadsheet that we all access on our server, and somehow when I was editing it, I shifted a row so it messed up the alignment of the entire document and messed it up. Yet I didn't notice this before saving it. Stuff like that (and sometimes more serious too). I used to think that everyone made little mistakes like that, and maybe I was nervous or just having an unfocused day, but it seems to happen to me way more than anyone else, and I feel like everyone thinks I'm stupid, and they aren't happy with me at my job.

I've often thought that I likely have social anxiety, so perhaps that could be part of it? Or I've pondered if I have ADHD or some sort of learning disability. I know I am also in the completely wrong work environment for myself right now (I'm an introvert in an office full of extroverts and work in marketing which I now realize is a horrible fit for me), but I have to stay here temporarily and don't think that's the only issue, as I've been making these dumb mistakes in every job I've had it seems like.

I'm starting to feel like I am just a slow or stupid person, yet in some ways I am very smart. I did very well in university, for instance, and was thought of as intelligent by my classmates. And sometimes when I discuss theories and concepts with others, they remark that I have very interesting ideas. I don't know what's wrong with me at work, but I just seem to mess up everything. It is causing me anxiety, and I am constantly stressed, waiting for someone to point out another mistake I made.

Does anyone know what could be causing this, and what I should do? Help would be appreciated. Thanks!