Highly Sensitive Person here.
I just got off of a collaborative work meeting with someone. It went well, because in the end we finished the project successfully, we collaborated together well, and it all came together quite nicely.
However, I am hypersensitive to others' social cues and facial expressions and I picked up on some concerns this person had on their face about personal things that went unresolved by the time we ended the call.
I am fighting off the urge to be codependent and sit here and obsess about it and trust that God will take care of them. but i can't stop worrying.
Is this social anxiety? Or codependency? Or highly sensitive person problems?
Yes.
haha.
I feel like I'm not allowed to enjoy the rest of my day since this person expressed concerns, because I feel like if I don't leave the other person feeling good, then I've failed to do my Work. I've failed to effectively connect. Because I feel like i was put here on earth to help and love people, not to make things hard for them. And I mean that non-codependently, because I know I matter, too :(
I feel like I'm always disappointing or making people feel bad about themselves.