NotMVH

I have been thinking about how I have been living. When I get into a confrontational situation I tend to feel an unbalanced level of anxeity. This is something that has developed in the last year and it something I want to change.

Situation where I think I should be comfortable; I become unsettled, my pulse and heartbeat raise but I don't display any sign of agitation. Most of these situations revolve around mild arguments with customers at my job (of which I leave tomorrow) and situations where I need to be assertive and confrontational. I get edgey, even when I have to show photo ID (pubs, liquir stores, roadchecks ..ect) I know my emotions aren't logical and they don't inhibit my ability to act. I want to understand why I feel this way and how to work past it?

I think the anxeity stems from no longer feeling secure in public. At my previous job I had a couple of junkies rob my boss's jewelery store at gunpoint, I got caught the middle. The situation worked out as best as it could have, everything was fine after the ensuing police chase and both of them are serving three years last I heard.

If the anxiety stems from having someone confront me like that so suddenly and unexpectedly, I don't know how I can settle those emotions. I find it ridicoulous and almost humiliating that simple situations put me off.

Can anyone else relate to my state? Did you move past it? Does anyone have advice they could offer? Feel free to ask any questions if they arise.