Work anxiety
I can’t cut off my anxiety over work. There was winter weather so I stayed at my gf’s apartment because it was closer to my work than my place is. We had winter weather. I messaged my manager and said I couldn’t get there on time and would be late and didn’t know if I’d have to take my girlfriend to work. A while later my manager messaged back and said for me to check if my coworker could handle it on her own or if she needed me. I was about to contact my manager and say I was going to try to go into work when my coworker texted me and said the manager emailed her and said I didn’t need to go into. My coworker sounded aggravated at me. A while later I emailed my manager and said my girlfriend didn’t need me to drive her and asked if I could still go to work. She said if I was needed yes. So I texted my coworker and she said I wasn’t needed.
I can’t stop the anxiety that my coworker and manager are aggravated and mad at me over this. I’ve been anxious and freaking out about it since then. I work at an eye care clinic with a number of offices but I’m mostly at one location. I’m now worrying my coworker will say she doesn’t need me at that location anymore.
I told my coworker I wasn’t needed sorry and that I was worrying I’d upset everyone. She kept saying everything was ok. But I keep worrying it isn’t. I’m probably reading too much into it but I just can’t quit worrying.
Has anyone ever had something like this happen?
Posted Dec 5, 2025, 3:15 PM UTC