Lilith1980
08-01-08, 14:31
Hi all,
I dont know why I've never asked this question before - I have asked it in my own mind but never of anyone else, maybe I already know the answer, but I'd appreciate any feedback :)
Regarding my job, when I am given something to do - its never anything complicated - I tend to put off doing it until the deadline is near. I always get things done and have never got in trouble for it. But the more I put it off, the more worried I get, so why dont I just do it instead of avoiding it? A lot of my tasks are really boring and not challenging at all, so maybe I just cant face doing them?
Also, if anything requires me to go and actually see someone in the office, or walking to the photocopier (both of which mean I have to walk past people) or even phoning people, I especially put these tasks off. I dread having to walk round the office (which is really big) to see people. Once I am there, talking to who I am meant to see, I am ok. But the process of walking through the office and back fills me with dread as I imagine that people are staring at me and all I want to do is get back to my desk. A lot of time I find myself holding my breath, just to get me through walking around the office. This sounds sad but I have to walk past people to get to the ladies' toilets and I have deliberately put off going to the toilet because I dont want to walk past people :huh:
A lot of the time, if I have to find something out from someone, it could be done alot quicker and easier by me phoning them. But I email them instead because I dread speaking to people on the phone in the fear that they will be annoyed at me for ringing. Or they will be "off" with me over the phone. When I do phone people they are perfectly fine and helpful, so I dont know why I dont learn from this. I am trying to phone people more but the walking around the office is still a problem.
Is this a social phobia? I have suffered with this for a number of years.
Thanks guys xxxxx
I dont know why I've never asked this question before - I have asked it in my own mind but never of anyone else, maybe I already know the answer, but I'd appreciate any feedback :)
Regarding my job, when I am given something to do - its never anything complicated - I tend to put off doing it until the deadline is near. I always get things done and have never got in trouble for it. But the more I put it off, the more worried I get, so why dont I just do it instead of avoiding it? A lot of my tasks are really boring and not challenging at all, so maybe I just cant face doing them?
Also, if anything requires me to go and actually see someone in the office, or walking to the photocopier (both of which mean I have to walk past people) or even phoning people, I especially put these tasks off. I dread having to walk round the office (which is really big) to see people. Once I am there, talking to who I am meant to see, I am ok. But the process of walking through the office and back fills me with dread as I imagine that people are staring at me and all I want to do is get back to my desk. A lot of time I find myself holding my breath, just to get me through walking around the office. This sounds sad but I have to walk past people to get to the ladies' toilets and I have deliberately put off going to the toilet because I dont want to walk past people :huh:
A lot of the time, if I have to find something out from someone, it could be done alot quicker and easier by me phoning them. But I email them instead because I dread speaking to people on the phone in the fear that they will be annoyed at me for ringing. Or they will be "off" with me over the phone. When I do phone people they are perfectly fine and helpful, so I dont know why I dont learn from this. I am trying to phone people more but the walking around the office is still a problem.
Is this a social phobia? I have suffered with this for a number of years.
Thanks guys xxxxx