Really nervous around people?!?!

So I work at a grocery store, have been for over 8 years, I took the job until something Else came along and well. One husband, 3 kids, a house and 2 dogs came along LOL....But seriously it's a good job pays well and works with my schedule and doesn't freak out if I call in if I or my kids are sick.


But I can't handle this job anymore, it's not the job...The problem is I am not a people person, I never have been. People make me very nervous. The thing is the customers are not doing anything to piss me off either, they are nice and friendly and I try to be nice and friendly back to them, but by the end of the night, I feel so stressed out I am shaking, and trying to take deep breaths. Even the sacker kids have asked me what is wrong and why am I shaking.... I just brush it off and keep on working and stay calm for the customers, I put on a happy face and do my job even though I feel like crying....


When people are closer then arms length from me (People I don't know or are not close with) I start to freak out and move away if I can. I stay away from crowded places and party because of this.


This is the same way I felt at my brothers funeral. I was there and everyone wanted to hug me or shake my hand. I can't handle 293840239 people touching me so I tried to sit back and stay out of the way until my mom lost it on me (and said I didn't care about my brother or his funeral..) and tried to run out of the church. My brothers friend and I got her back to her seat and I stood there and let people hug me and shake my hand even though I was shaking so bad I was crying. I did it for my mom and my brother....


I don't know what the heck is wrong with me, i just want to feel normal, and not get so nervous and weird around people. Is there anything I can do? is there anyone else out there like this?

It's a form of anxiety.
I have it to an extent, I took Zoloft and that helped I also put myself in uncomfortable situations like crowded places, movie theaters, ect.
And I eventually got over it.

Wow.

That's like me. Exactly minus the shaking. I haven't figured out a way to get rid of that feeling. I just roll with the punches....

I would see a dr about anxiety.

Have you ever thought about being checked for Aspergers Syndrome?

A friend of mine's brother has it. He gets really nervous and jittery around groups of people, or people he doesn't know. I don't think he is very fond of people touching him either.

Maybe it's a very slight form of it? Maybe I'm totally wrong...just reading that made me think of J and how he can act.

Thanks ladies, I think i will see a dr. Do I call my Primary or someone else?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Olivia Foxworth:</b>" Thanks ladies, I think i will see a dr. Do I call my Primary or someone else?"</blockquote>



Yeah probably like a family dr type thing if that's what your primary is.