While anxious bosses would like to be more outgoing, they fear of being shunned, brushed off, or disapproved of dominates. It is a conflictual world in which they fluctuate between a desire for affection and a fear of rejection, all the while regretting their isolated existence. But, in the end, anxious bosses are just too worrisome to do anything about their social desires. Most anxious bosses would rather not be in management. The reason they often end up there is because they were proficient at doing their jobs for which they were trained, usually in highly technical areas.
Anxious bosses are highly prone to panic attacks.
While it is true that nearly one-third of the population has experienced a panic attack at some point in their lives, most do not suffer through them continuously. The anxious boss does. It is physically and emotionally exhausting to the anxious boss just to make it through the day. Five minutes of intense exchanges with others can seem more tiring than a long day of hard, physical labour. By the time they leave work, anxious people often have poor appetites and they feel drained and fatigued.