Hi Hugs,
There is nothing wrong with those mistakes! Maybe there is something else to it? Are you worried people will think you're foolish or clumsy, or that you'll embarrass yourself?
Quite a few years ago, I used to examine everything I had done during the day at school. Did I say something that offended someone, or were those girls laughing as I walked past laughing at me? Another time I slipped on the embankment leading down onto our oval and everyone laughed at me. I felt so embarrassed and thought everyone was judging me. In reality, none of those negative thoughts were actually true. Those girls laughing as I walked past were probably so absorbed in their own lives they didn't even see me, and slipping down the embankment is pretty funny. I would have laughed, without judgment, if that had happened to someone else.
It's okay to do silly things Hugs, and why not make light of the situation and have a laugh! How you made that cranky staff member in her flash car wait impatiently for you is classic. I can picture her face crinkled up in a frown, tapping her perfectly manicured finger on the steering wheel.
Something that really helped me when I was over-analysing everything I did was to take those labels I put on myself off. I used to think I was ugly and dumb, but without those labels I'm just me. I didn't think I could put the positive label on myself though (beautiful and intelligent), so I just left them off entirely. There are so many shades of grey, so why force ourselves to see things in black and white?
All the best,
Kaitie.
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