And I’m fine with colleagues who are around my age, but when I’m with people who have power and are part of a clique at work, I feel anxiety and dread. ‘This person is going to go around talking behind my back. This person hates me and will harm me.’ The anxiety and fear really bear down on me. No one has said an unkind word, but I’m already cut off from everyone and adrift on my own. I felt a lot of mental fatigue from that yesterday.
