I just started my first internship for mechanical engineering a few weeks ago and I’m always super stressed out. It’s a combination of design work and machine shop work and Im so new to it all. Im operating new equipment I’ve never used before, creating parts that need to be almost perfect, using manufacturing and measurement methods I am very unfamiliar with. There is so many factors in making sure parts are good that I overwhelm myself nearly every day. My brain keeps telling me I’m doing something wrong, so I should be doing things faster, or that people don’t like me cuz I’m awkward. Sometimes when I’m asking questions or talking to my boss I feel like I sound like an idiot and get convinced that he hates me. Most of it is in my head but I can’t stand OCD. My whole life I’ve gotten so stuck on things and overwhelm myself. I need to find some way to stop it from happening.