I’m trying to figure out if me being upset about this is justified or if I am worrying too much about what other people think. Having anxiety can cause me to withdraw too much when this sort of thing happens.

I was telling a story at work that was just a funny story that happened when I had surgery as a teenager. Basically, I said something obnoxious and funny when coming out of anesthesia.

I told this story to people at work because we were on the topic of funny anesthesia moments, and it’s a story that my parents still tell to this day and I remember it well.

After I told it, one person repeatedly was insinuating that they thought I was making it up, because they’re “pretty sure that’s from a movie.” This has been annoying me and has made me shut off today around people. I probably am too concerned with how I’m perceived but it’s annoying to not be taken seriously. (Plus, that was a very minor story. I’ve had a crazy life so I imagine if I told them about some of the really crazy stuff they absolutely wouldn’t believe it.)