I am going through a bad anxiety phase right now to the point I have an anxiety attack for the silliest reason. Luckily I can WFH some days of the week so that’s been helping a ton. Last thing I want to happen when I’m feeling like this is having someone see me have a full blown panic attack so I spend most of the time myself until I go a few days without a panic attack and feel little bit more confident in social situations. So to get to the main point today I was wrapping up work and I noticed HR send out a meeting request and it’s for a team lunch! Now I didn’t freak out because after COVID they usually provide us lunch and we eat at our cubicles to social distance. But I read the email and it’s a work outing for lunch that’s 2 hours! My anxiety can not handle an in person work outing right now. Especially because we have a few new employees and I’m dreading the “okay let’s go around in a circle and introduce ourselves” talk. My heart is racing just thinking about it. Anyone have any input? I might take a sick day lol