Do you get anxious when you have visitors coming?

[Shortie]

One thing that I noticed that always gets me really anxious is if I have visitors coming to my home whether it be family, friends or maybe someone coming to do some work on the house that is needed. I always find that prior to them coming I notice my anxiety getting worse and I feel I can not do anything but wait for them to turn up whilst frantically cleaning even if cleaning is not needed just to try and ease my anxiety. This doesn't always work though and I often end up stressed as well as anxious before someone visits.

Do you notice that your anxiety gets worse when you know you have visitors coming? How do you deal with it when it happens?

 

[esprit_girl]

Yes. There are times when I get anxious when visitors are coming since I am introverted and I prefer to be alone most of the time.

 

[Nomad]

Yeah, this makes me very anxious. My entire routine is hampered when visitors are coming. I work form home so when someone comes to my home, my work schedule will be disturbed. I am not very good at communicating with people and when the people I am not much familiar are coming, I become nervous.

 

[Teri W]

The only time I get anxious when expecting visitors in my home is when the person is someone that has a reputation about me comes to my home. I would just be cleaning everywhere to make them feel good about me and impress them.