Anxiety About Anger

[stormdog]

I'm so scared of angry people. There was an angry person on the phone this morning at work. He wasn't angry directly at me, and he wasn't even mean or aggressive. I could just hear in his voice that he was frustrated and upset and it makes me want to hide under the desk. I managed to answer the phone when he called the second time and I knew it was him, but it was hard.

I helped him do the thing he needed to do, and now I want to go home and hide under blankets with my dog. When someone is angry with me, I just want to shrink away into nothing. I'm having a snack and trying to relax instead.

How did I survive working tech support before I went back to school?