Almost every job I have ever had causes me to feel paranoid I'll get in trouble or fired, afraid I'm saying stupid things to my co-workers (which I do often), and just downright trapped. I'm not a young person just entering the workplace. I have been at it in earnest for more than a decade and a half,  and I try to counter my anxiety with positive self-talk, nutrition, and meditation.  I keep trying so hard to be part of society and live a meaningful life, but my anxiety makes me want to hide under a house like a dying cat. When I don't work or have worked for myself, I am at ease. Does anyone else have work-related anxiety, and has anyone overcome this?