Why do I feel awful after every social interaction?
Lexus Ortiz
2025-06-22 20:37:29
Count answers: 10
I am fine before and doing a conversation with someone. When conversing or making a presentation, I am often surprised by how smoothly it goes and how much I have to say. But once I'm alone after that conversation I start feeling like utter crap. I start thinking of every possible thing I should have said in a different way, why I didn't use another choice of words, I start making up stories about negative things they might be thinking, and I conclude I messed up, acted awkward, that people dislike me or find me weird and annoying. I start getting more and more anxious, and I keep obsessing over small little details like this for days, weeks after the conversation held place. I try to stop, telling myself it doesn't matter. I know it doesn't matter.
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