Thanks, DePressMe. Sorry you can relate. Glad things are starting to get better for you, though. Positive self talk is really hard!

You're right about the manager's comment, I think. (Don't worry about giving advice - I like advice! ) It's hard, though, because I'm used to doing what people tell me and keeping quiet if it feels like too much. I haven't been taking lunch breaks unless either the supervisor or the manager has specifically told me to go and get lunch, so some days I haven't had lunch until the end of work because they never mentioned it (luckily, my day usually finishes at around 3:30 - it's not a 9 to 5). My parents say that I should just go for lunch and not worry about waiting to be told, but I don't see anyone else doing that (most people seem to work either mornings or afternoons, not many stay the whole day)...this is one of the things that I think I'm expected to just pick up on and haven't. I don't like guessing in case I get it wrong.

Yesterday wasn't a very good day, either...my supervisor was busy trying to sort out a problem with our internet and was also being given a hard time by one of the clients, so she wasn't in a good mood, and I wasted a lot of time worrying about when I could talk to her to check what I'd done was ok because she already had a lot to deal with...and on top of that at one point I got talking to one of the other volunteers who was also waiting to talk to the supervisor, but then the conversation completely dried up and I couldn't think of anything else to say...it felt so awkward and I felt like such a bad person, it was horrible.