I’ve started experiencing intense anxiety with a woman in work. She is nice but can be intimidating and has been quite harsh with me before which I think has made me feel anxious around her.

At the end of the day in work we have to read out a handover of the days events and with everyone else it’s fine, but with her when I start reading I go red and my voice trembles and I just can’t do it. I’ve started saying “I’m sorry I’m so tired I can’t read this” which is a terrible excuse and will not keep working. I will be doing a handover with her in a few days and I’m already dreading it, almost going as far as to think I will need to get off work early to avoid it. The whole thing takes less than 5 minutes and when I talk to her I’m absolutely fine it’s just reading out this handover. I don’t know what to do it feels impossible to overcome right now.