So a bit of a backstory: I have a more mild kind of OCD where it ussually doesn't bother me untill I get recurrent intrusive thoughts, and have to deal with the emotional rollercoasters they bring (and try to resist compulsions). I recently got a retail part-time job, and maybe its the fast paced environment or general chaos of it all, but my OCD has been getting triggered quite a bit when I'm at work.
What this ends up looking like is awfull intrusive thoughts whenever I talk to someone, which ussually ellicit emotions so strong I end up expressing some of my discomfort on my face. For example: Im talking to a coworker (just small talk) and my brain goes "it would be so bad if you just slapped your coworker right now. you're not the type to do that? are you sure you're not?" and then details how everyone would judge me and then shun me and then I'd get fired. Anyways, I avoided my coworkers a bit in the start because of this (I was never rude in any way, just a bit distant and quiet.), but recently I've been trying to train myself to regulate even though I'm getting intrusive thoughts, so I can try and conquer them. It was all going fine untill I overheard a coworker (the more extroverted type, who talks to everyone) talking bad about me to another coworker, citing the discomfort on my face everytime certain topics come up in small talk and making awfull assumptions about me (essentially she said I definetely have a crush on her because I look uncomfortable when talking to her sometimes. Keep in mind im 17, and this is a 30 year old). Like, this was quite literally my intrusive thoughts come to life lol.
Anyways, I was hurt but I decided to text her after the fact, essentially just going "hey, if you have any concerns with me please come to me directly". I wanted to resolve this peacefully between the two of us, but she doubled down going "no that wasn't me" and then escalated it to the manager going all "her assumptions and really stressing me out" (oh my god the victim complex!). And then the store manager escalated it to the regional manager. Additionally they had to tell the team leaders whenever I was on shift, so I did catch some people giving me weird looks. So yeah. My intrusive thoughts come to life. Honestly I'm just a bit disspointed, because I'm still a teenager and I think I handled everything pretty maturely, and a fully grown adult was the one throwing a bit of a victim complex tantrum after bad talking her teenage coworker.