I was at the office and saw a coworker that had previously been on my team and had moved to a new team a couple weeks ago. 

Typically if I ran into someone I would try to avoid eye contact at all costs. My brain would start telling me that I shouldn’t say hi to them because they think I’m annoying or they don’t even remember me.  They hate me and they are only nice because we are at work and everyone has to be fake nice to everyone.

Then I thought “what if they don’t hate me but I make them think that I hate them because I try to avoid them and never say hi”  

It’s like my thinking traps of thinking everyone hates me actually makes people want to avoid me because they think I don’t like them. 

Also even if they don’t like me what is the worse thing that can happen if I just wave and say hi to them as I’m walking by there desk? 

The consequences of avoiding are worse than just doing something simple like saying hi. 

So that’s what I did. I said hi to them and they said “hey gin10do64 how are you doing” and they smiled and we talked for a second and I went on about my day. 

I’m so happy with how far I’ve come with my anxiety.