I’m 34 years old, working in the tech field, I noticed that over the last 8 years I’ve been having anxiety attacks that only got worse as I claimed the ladder in my field.

To make it simpler, I don’t have depression nor I stopped taking care of myself. That’s all well and taken care of, I make decent money, got my finances in check, no debt, own property, workout 5-6 days a week and steadily making progress but here is my problem:

Ever since I became remote (WFH) I stopped interacting with people on a daily basis due to the nature of my job, now the following is happening:

• Every time I meet someone new at the office it’s a 50% chance I will get a panic attack and start overheating or swearing uncontrollably for the first few mins. 
• If by any chance I’m out on the spot my body temperature will rise up and the above will happen.
• My ability to appear confident in a job interview is gone due to my chest or throat being tight and it takes a good while until it relaxes.
• I have clammy and/or sweaty hands which hinders my ability to shake hands causing me to feel more insecure.
• My regular body temperature during the summer is a little higher bc of obvious reason and if I hit the anxious level I tend to sweat even move making mundane tasks harder, such as getting a haircut just now my barber had to swipe the sweat off my head multiple times and put a fan behind me.

This feels like a snowball effect after many years of not addressing it, I remember I was more confident when I worked around people, or had to interact with people due to my job.

Is this normal? Am I going crazy?

Let alone my love life, can’t even approach a girl like I used to due to crippling anxiety which is whole other conversation I have in the back burner.


I apologize if this rant was too long in advance.