Hi everyone

I've just got a new job and so far quite enjoying it. I feel quite competent with most of the tasks and the people are nice.

ATM I'm in one of my social anxiety grips where I'm literally overthinking every interaction I have and I need a bit of advice (even posting this is causing me anxiety as I'm frightened of being judged!)

Someone I work with (who's senior to me) has asked me to do a series of phone calls for something we are working on together. I'm doing the calls alone and phoning up people who are pretty busy. The people are getting nothing out of this, it's just to check a few things and the calls each take about 10 mins.

For some reason I am SO SO nervous about these calls. It's not a regular part of my job and I've never had to do it before (in this one or previously) I'm pretty good at communicating but I get ridiculously nervous about phone calls for some reason. I know that many people with social anxiety struggle with making phone calls. I guess the fact I've got to do quite a few and ive been thrown in the deep end has led me to feel a bit overwhelmed.

I'm pleased that she obviously thinks I'm capable of doing this. I just feel so nervous I don't actually want to go to work and am counting down the days between til the next one. I'm beating myself up like crazy thinking that it means I'm not good at my job, that I shouldn't feel this way as it's not normal to get overwhelmed by 10 minute phone calls. I have done one and I had terrible belly ache before hand so I'm having some kind of anxious, physical reaction to it.

I told the person who gave me the task that I felt worried and she said she found them difficult too. I'm just wondering if there's anyway I can approach this with my boss (who didn't set the task) If I want to progress in my role there will be more phone calls to do (although a different nature to these anxiety provoking ones) . I would like to be able to do them without having tummy trouble and struggling to sleep etc everytime! I think it's a case of building my confidence gradually and am wondering if it's ok to bring this up, and how do I do it without looking incompetent ?

Thanks if you've read this far!