Hi everyone. First let me say I have never been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I'm not really sure if the level of anxiety I experience on a regular basis is something I should see a doctor about.

I'm an ultrasound student currently doing clinical rotations. My clinical year isn't going great, partially because of social awkwardness/being shy and timid, but mainly because of poor clinical site placements due to my clinical coordinator not being very good at her job and driving sites away. (I know that may sound like I'm placing blame on someone else, but even my classmates who are having a great experience in clinic would say the same thing.)

Anyway, I had an uncomfortable conversation with my clinical coordinator last week in which I essentially told her, without losing my cool, that I was concerned that she may not have put as much effort in earlier in the year as she should have in order to secure clinical sites. She said she was "offended". I know it may not have been the wisest choice, but it was something I just felt she should hear, if not for my sake, at least for future students.

This week I got a message from my clinical coordinator saying "we need to have a mandatory meeting" to discuss my clinical situation for the rest of the program. The way things stand now, I don't think anything has happened in the last week that could have made things any worse, and there could even be GOOD news. Though I can logically tell myself this, I can't help worrying that there is some terrible possibility I haven't considered. I don't know why I am so worried when I KNOW there's no reason to be. Maybe it's more that I'm nervous to see her again after ending our last conversation on a bad note and my brain is turning it into huge anxiety over a larger thing? Or maybe it was just her strong vocabulary? "Need" and "mandatory"...

Do any of you experience a similar thing, anxiety over a situation you already know is fine? Do you have any advice for how to beat this feeling? Our meeting isn't for another week, and the waiting is driving me crazy.