I also had a short lived job in retail a few years ago, then I went onto volunteering which was a little better but I still didn't like it. My last job was an at-home job where I still had to deal with people but it was sort of at a distance. I haven't had a full time public job in years and I'm looking for full time work right now, I'm going through the application and hiring process for a couple jobs right now so its only a matter of time before I start working full time. I'm scared and question my ability to stick with it but I have no choice. The only thing I can do is take it one day at a time. One stressful situation at a time, slowly. I've been so busy lately that I've noticed my anxiety has gone down because I'm constantly going from place to place so my mind can't linger on any particular stressful event for very long before it ends and I move onto the next one. I hope my anxiety continues to improve from doing this.