Everyday I’m saying to myself ‘you’re an idiot, nobody likes you’. I go to work and in the back of my mind is a voice saying ‘you’re a dumbass, keep your mouth shut, no one wants to talk to you, just keep your head down and do your job then go home. People don’t like you and they talk shit about you when you’re not around. You’re a failure and you’re going to screw up and get fired. No one likes you because you’re an idiot and a dumbass.’

I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s my insecurity of my not being a social butterfly. I’m an introvert but sociable at times. I just keep thinking I’m a dumbass and people don’t like me. I’ve been like this for a long time and I try to tell myself that it’s not true and that it’s just me. I’m in my late 30s and I studied physics so I know I’m not that stupid