I’d rather not see a therapist or anything of that sort since I know from experience that it’ll just make things worse for me so I was just wondering if anyone in this community had any advice.

Lately (past couple of months or so), whenever I talk to someone or whenever I’m just existing near another human or animal or anything really, I feel like I’m bothering them/annoying them and even though I know it’s false, I haven’t been able to convince myself that it’s not true for the past couple of months. It’s gotten to the point where even if they say I’m not bothering them or even if it’s incredibly obvious that I’m not bothering them, I just can’t believe it. It’s become so bad that it’s affecting everything I do (everything from asking about it on reddit to talking to someone when it’s very crucial that I do so to deciding that my pets probably don’t want my presence (I still pet and love them and they’re happy but I’m definitely not and I just feel like I’m bothering them even though they’re purring for me or turning over so I can pet their stomach). Sorry this was really long. Sorry if I actually am just bothering you. Hope you have a good day nonetheless.  

(Sorry if I chose the wrong flair, I’m panicking and it’s really hard just to hit the post button at the moment but I’m really sorry if I messed up in some way. Sorry.) &amp; sorry for apologizing a lot.