So a coworker I like recently left the business to go back to her hometown and, since that happened, I ve honestly been feeling pretty depressed about it. We weren t quite friends , but we did talk sometimes, and she was pretty nice in our conversations. She hugged me before she left. But I only found out she was leaving a couple of days prior to her actually leaving, so it came as a bit of a shock to me. One of the problems is, while we did talk sometimes, a lot of times I avoided initiating conversation with her because of my general social anxiety, which is now making me feel like I missed an opportunity to perhaps further things along with her. I want to be clear: there are no romantic feelings involved in this. I just feel like I missed an opportunity for us to become better acquaintances or friends for us to stay in touch after she left. I mean, I could have asked anyway, but I was worried it would come across as weird or sudden. For some reason, I feel pretty strongly about her leaving in particular. It really hit me when I heard the news, and even worse on the day of, especially after she left.
I think I felt worse about it than most of the other people in the workplace. At least, that's how it seemed. We weren't particularly close, but she was nice to talk to, and I do wish I had done more.
I m sure I'll get over it eventually, but what's going on with me right now? Why am I feeling so strongly about this? What do I do? Any advice on this matter?
