Hey. I have generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, depression from the anxiety and a touch of OCD. I just started my first job last year (huge accomplishment!), and due to the virus management has placed a limit on certain items such as Lysol spray/wipes, sanitizer, bleach etc. Customers can only buy one of each. I absolutely LOATHE having to tell them this especially if they’ve got any more than two of one item or something—so I often let it go and ring up their stuff anyways. I can’t keep doing this. Sometimes if it’s an outrageous number I can’t overlook like twelve Lysol wipes I will say something, which almost always ends in the customer getting irate with me. I also get uncomfortable reminding my managers that I need/would like to go on a break, especially if I have to do it more than once. 

How the hell can I stop being so afraid of people’s reactions to things I say or do? I can’t even share everything I want on social media or speak up offline with certain opinions because I’m afraid of the backlash. I feel it cripples my life significantly. It makes everything so awkward to go against the grain and rock the boat.