I still feel embarrassed about breaking down at work Friday where I literally had a panic attack and was shaking and a staff member talked to me for about an hour and had a supervisor come in. Have you ever broke down in front of people outside of family in a work setting or in a public setting where you were really embarrassed? I know I can't un-do it, but now I am afraid of being perceived as someone who is a drama queen or overly sensitive. There were legitimate stressors at work that were difficult to deal with: not having my own supervisor on site, carrying out extreme duties that my job does not call for (basically doing other peoples' jobs), and one woman came down really hard on me for something that was not even my fault. It's too long to explain.

Although they were supportive, the one supervisor ended up confronting the woman who was giving me a hard time, and she tried to downplay it. I don't want to be on bad terms with her though. I'm just afraid of my reputation now to be honest. I like to appear that I can "handle" things, even when I am struggling inside. When I have hypomanic energy, I can handle a lot of things, but that isn't sustainable. I wish I would have taken a break before it got to that point of others witnessing me fall apart.

How can I overcome this?