Is this valid or has my anxiety gotten the best of me

For context I always have a lot of anxiety talking to my co workers but they’re very nice and social people. I’m always afraid of looking like the odd one out.

Anyway today I took a different bus home from work. They also take the same bus home. I ended up going to a different bus stop from because I didn’t realize the bus stopped closer to the front of my work. They asked me if the reason why I wasn’t at their bus stop was because I left through the back gate and I lied and said yes. I was so scared of looking stupid because I didn’t see the bus stop literally right in front of me. I think one of them saw me leave through the front gate though (I don’t remember) but now it’ll look like I was trying to avoid them.

Also when I first started my job I was supposed to be going to job corps (I didn’t because plans changed) and I told my manager about it during small talk. The problem is though when he asked for an update I didn’t know how to explain my situation so I lied about being in school. Long story short I’ve been lying to him about being in school every time he asks and I feel like I’m making it so obvious and this has been going on for three months now.

Please help idk how to go back to work tomorrow 😭 I made myself look insanely stupid today

Posted Sep 6, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC

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